Immature © Albin Jacob
Adult © Arun Prabhu
Adult © Sivaguru Noopuran PRS
Adult © Sivaguru Noopuran PRS

Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris

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Identification

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Long-tailed gray cuckoo with a pale blue eye-ring and ivory-colored bill. Note the broad white tips to the undertail feathers. Clambers about in trees and thickets, either singly or in pairs. Inhabits lowland and hill areas, where it favors thorny scrub and second growth.

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