CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
European Cuckoo
Typical Cuckoos
Hawk-Cuckoos
Violet and Emerald Cuckoos
Golden Cuckoos
The Drongo-Cuckoos
American Cuckoos
Crested Cuckoos
Coucals
Koels
Red-faced Cuckoo
Lizard Cuckoos
Anis, or Savanna Cuckoos
The Groove-billed Ani
The Guira Cuckoo
THE PLANTAIN-EATERS
Plantain Eaters Species
Plantain eater description
THE PARROTS
Parrot Description
Parrot habitat
The Nestor Parrots
Kaka Parrot
Kea Parrot
Kea Parrot Habitat
The Lories and Lorikeets
Lorikeets
The Owl-Parrot
Owl Parrot habitat
The Cockatoos
Great Black Cockatoo
Raven Cockatoos
Helmeted Cockatoo
Typical Cockatoos
Australian Cockatoo-Parakeet
The Typical Parrots
The Pygmy Parrots
Macaws
True Macaws
Peruvian Guacamayo
Carolina Parakeet
Argentine Green Parakeet
Parrotlets, American Love Birds
Amazons, or Blunt-tailed Green Parrots
African Parrots
The Vasa Parrots
True Parakeets
Love Birds
Bat-Parrots
The Broad-tailed Parrots
Crimson Parakeet
Grass Parakeets
Crested Parakeets
Night Parakeet
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
Red-faced Cuckoo
The typical member of the subfamily, known as the Red-faced Malkoha (Phcenicophaes pyrrhocephalus), and the sole tenant of its genus, is a huge Cuckoo eighteen inches in length, with a stout, compressed, and much-curved upper mandible, with the narrow slit-like nostrils parallel with and close to the commissure, while the sides of the head are bare, and the crown and throat provided with stiff, barbed feathers.
The plumage is black and metallic bluish green above and white below, and the long, graduated tail is white-tipped. It is a shy bird, sometimes seen in flocks, and keeps much to the forests and dense undergrowth; its food consists largely of fruit. This species, together with all the other members of the subfamily except the Koels, make their own nests and rear their own young in the orthodox manner; it is found only in Ceylon.
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