Chestnut-bellied malkoha
In Thai: นกบั้งรอกเล็กท้องแดง, nok bang-rok lek thong daeng
Binomial name: Phaenicophaeus sumatranus, Thomas Stamford Raffles, 1822
The chestnut-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical swampland.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Not to be confused with the chestnut-breasted malkoha.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Phaenicophaeus
- Species
- Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Common names
- Thai: นกบั้งรอกเล็กท้องแดง, nok bang-rok lek thong daeng
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Range Map

- Ao Phang-Nga National Park
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Nam Khang National Park
- Khao Phra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Ko Lanta National Park
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Phang Nga District, Phang Nga
- Mueang Ranong District, Ranong
- Sirinat National Park
- Sri Phang-nga National Park
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Thale Ban National Park