Red-faced Malkoha

Red-faced Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Green-billed Coucal
VU

Green-billed Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus chlororhynchos

30–40% · Possible
Greater Coucal
LC

Greater Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus sinensis

20–30% · Possible
Banded Bay Cuckoo
LC

Banded Bay Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis sonneratii

0–10% · With luck
Asian Koel
LC

Asian Koel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eudynamys scolopaceus

<5% · Rare
Common Hawk-Cuckoo

Common Hawk-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus varius

<5% · Rare
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
LC

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Surniculus lugubris

<5% · Rare
Indian Cuckoo
LC

Indian Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus micropterus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Cuckoo
LC

Lesser Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus poliocephalus

Insufficient data
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
LC

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Clamator coromandus

Insufficient data
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
LC

Grey-bellied Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis passerinus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
30–40
Feb
30–40
Mar
30–40
Apr
30–40
May
20–30
Jun
20–30
Jul
30–40
Aug
40–50
Sep
40–50
Oct
30–40
Nov
30–40
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-faced Malkoha in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

About 34% of visitor-days record a Red-faced Malkoha sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 493 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Red-faced Malkoha in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

September has the highest sighting rate for Red-faced Malkoha in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.

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