Ceuthmochares

Ceuthmochares
Green malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Ceuthmochares Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Type species
Cuculus aereus Vieillot, 1817

Ceuthmochares is a genus of 2 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The two species were once treated as a single species, known as the yellowbill. Both species are found in evergreen forest in Africa. Although they are cuckoos they are not brood parasites. This indicates that they do not lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species.

Species

Genus Ceuthmochares – Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Blue malkoha	Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817) Two subspecies C. a. flavirostris (Swainson, 1837) C. a. aereus (Vieillot, 1817)	African tropical rainforest	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Green malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873	littoral areas of eastern Africa, from Kenya to South Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC