Green-billed Malkoha
Binomial Name: Phaenicophaeus tristis
Although the bird is relative to the cuckoo, there is no melody in the voice at all. Instead ofsinging, he sits quietly in the spring and listens to the cuckoo's song. But more active and
effective than the cuckoo. Can build a nest and take care of the chicks. The green-billedmalkoha is a common resident bird of Bangladesh. He usually wanders alone in the forests
of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, and Sylhet divisions, including the Sundarban. Their breedingseason is from April to August. They lay their eggs inside the dense forest by making
irregular nests with thin bamboo branches and trimming roots and leaves.
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