Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha
CHESTNUT-BREASTED MALKOHA
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Family Cuculidae
Bird #182 - June 2009
We first saw this bird in Sabang. This was an interesting sighting because Tonji, Zosimo (our driver) and I were in different locations. Then, we all saw big birds. I may have seen a Greater Coucal fly near me. Then, Zosimo called me because he thought he spotted a Greater Coucal perched on a faraway tree. Then, while I was taking pictures, Tonji called me because he saw a Chestnut Breasted Malkoha! Then, when I looked at my pictures, the bird I was photographing turned out to be another Chestnut Breasted Malkoha! We both saw two different Chestnut-Breasted Malkohas at the same time. This is a colorful bird with very interesting eye detail.
Read MorePhaenicophaeus curvirostris
Family Cuculidae
Bird #182 - June 2009
We first saw this bird in Sabang. This was an interesting sighting because Tonji, Zosimo (our driver) and I were in different locations. Then, we all saw big birds. I may have seen a Greater Coucal fly near me. Then, Zosimo called me because he thought he spotted a Greater Coucal perched on a faraway tree. Then, while I was taking pictures, Tonji called me because he saw a Chestnut Breasted Malkoha! Then, when I looked at my pictures, the bird I was photographing turned out to be another Chestnut Breasted Malkoha! We both saw two different Chestnut-Breasted Malkohas at the same time. This is a colorful bird with very interesting eye detail.
CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Coron, Palawan, Philippines
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