Dark hawk-cuckoo

Dark hawk-cuckoo
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Cuculinae
Genus: Hierococcyx
Species: H. bocki
Binomial name
Hierococcyx bocki
(Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886)

The dark hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki) is a bird in the Cuculidae family formerly considered conspecific with the large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) and placed in the Cuculus genus.

Geographic Range

In Malaysia it occurs in upper Malaya, northern Sarawak and Sabah. In Indonesia it is found on Sumatra and in Kalimantan. It is also endemic to Brunei.

References

  1. Birdlife International (2014). "Hierococcyx bocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 January 2015.