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  1. Birds of the Philippines
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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.
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CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
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CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Coron, Palawan, Philippines

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  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Sabang, Palawan, Philippines
  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
  • CHESTNUT- BREASTED MALKOHA
<i>Phaenicophaeus curvirostris</i>
Sabang, Palawan, Philippines

The guide Rommel said that it probably had a nest nearby. So it must have been collecting nesting material.
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