Green Malkoha
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Green Malkoha

Ceuthmochares australis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Selous Game Reserve
4 Verified records at Selous Game Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The green malkoha or whistling yellowbill (Ceuthmochares australis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. This species and the blue malkoha were previously considered conspecific and together known as the yellowbill. It has a green tail, wings and back. It has a widespread distribution down the coast of Eastern Africa from Kenya to South Africa. It ranges from dense forest to riverine forest and forest edges. In the forest it typically lives in the subcanopy at between 8–30 m. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve

White-browed Coucal
LC

White-browed Coucal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Centropus superciliosus

5–10% · With luck
Klaas's Cuckoo
LC

Klaas's Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chrysococcyx klaas

Insufficient data
Red-chested Cuckoo
LC

Red-chested Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus solitarius

Insufficient data
African Emerald Cuckoo
LC Endemic

African Emerald Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Insufficient data
Jacobin Cuckoo
LC

Jacobin Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Clamator jacobinus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Green Malkoha at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
3 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
4 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
5 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
6 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
5–10%
7 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
<5%
8 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
9 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
10 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
12 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
13 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
14 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
15 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
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