Chestnut-bellied Malkoha - Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
( Raffles, 1822 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It inhabits primary and secondary forest, including mangroves, durian plantations and peatswamp forest, to 1,200 m (Eaton et al. 2021). It forages quietly and unobtrusively in the dense crowns of trees on a range of arthropods.


Range:
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus occurs from south Tenasserim, Myanmar, through peninsular Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (uncommon), to Kalimantan (including the North Natuna Islands) and Sumatra, Indonesia (BirdLife International 2001).


Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
This species occurs in numerous protected areas across its range, which safeguard it from more precipitous rates of population decline. No specific measure is known.

Conservation Actions Proposed

Continue to monitor rates of population decline using habitat extent as a proxy. Protect more areas of lowland forest. Instigate longer-term monitoring at some sites to determine whether there are additional threats to habitat loss.


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