The rough-crested malkoha (''Dasylophus superciliosus'') is a species of

cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ...

in the family

Cuculidae Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separa ...

. It is

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to Luzon Island in the

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. Its natural

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Description

Large, with long tail and unique crest, sexes similar, races differ in that cagayanensis is smaller with less extensive and shorter superciliary crest and with olive wash on underparts compared to superciliosus. And upperparts, wings, and tail black with bluish green gloss; superciliary or eyebrow composed of long, loosely webbed red feathers running from lores to nape; graduated tail feathers tipped white; underparts black with dull greenish tinge. DasylophusSuperciliosus PZSL1873

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized * ''D.s.'' superciliosus: Southern

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; red wattle and longer crest * D. s. cagayanesis: Northern

; yellow wattle and short crest

References

* BirdLife International 2004.
Phaenicophaeus superciliosus

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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