Scale-feathered malkoha

Scale-feathered malkoha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Dasylophus
Species:
D. cumingi
Binomial name
Dasylophus cumingi
(Fraser, 1839)
Synonyms

Phaenicophaeus cumingi
Lepidogrammus cumingi

The scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is a spectacular looking bird with its white hood, red eyes and yellowish bill with a line of scaled feathers down from the bill and up over the crown, contrasted with rufous neck and back and a black lower body and tail. It is endemic to the Philippines found only in the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque. The species was named after the collector Hugh Cuming.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dasylophus cumingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.