Rhopodytes tristis
Habitat
Primary forest, second growth, dense thickets, scrub, cultivated areas and rubber plantations
Range
Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia, east from Nepal and India
Size
50–60 cm; 100–128 g
The green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a non-parasitic cuckoo found throughout the Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia. It is 50–60 cm long and weighs 100–128 g, waxy bluish-black with a long graduated tail tipped white, a prominent curved bill and a red face patch often bordered white. It breeds in primary forest, second growth, dense thickets, scrub, cultivated land and rubber plantations, and lives mainly on insects but also catches small lizards and small mammals. (Wikipedia, general species account)