Sirkeer malkoha

The sirkeer malkoha or sirkeer cuckoo (Taccocua leschenaultii), is a non-parasitic cuckoo found in dry scrub forest and open woodland habitats in the Indian subcontinent. The species is long-tailed, largely olive brown on the upper side with a distinctive curved red beak tipped in yellow. They forage singly or in pairs mainly on or close to the ground creeping between grasses and bushes, often on rocky habitats where they feed on small lizards, insects, and sometimes berries and seeds. They are very silent and the sexes are identical in plumage.

Sirkeer malkoha
T. l. leschenaultii (From Bangalore)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Taccocua
Lesson, 1830
Species:
T. leschenaultii
Binomial name
Taccocua leschenaultii
Lesson, 1830
Subspecies
  • T. l. sirkee (Gray, 1831)
  • T. l. infuscata Blyth, 1845
  • T. l. leschenaultii Lesson, 1830
Synonyms
  • Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
  • Zanclostomus sirkee
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