Large hawk-cuckoo
| Large hawk-cuckoo | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Hierococcyx |
| Species: | H. sparverioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hierococcyx sparverioides Vigors, 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cuculus sparverioides | |
The large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
They call in summer and the 
calling goes on well after dusk.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Found as a vagrant on Christmas Island.[2] The subspecies C. s. bocki of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo is sometimes considered a separate species, the dark hawk-cuckoo.[3]
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2014). "Hierococcyx sparverioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ McAllan, I.A.W., James, D.J. 2008 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides on Christmas Island. Australian Field Ornithology 25 (1):31-35
- ↑ Payne, Robert B. (2005) The Cuckoos, Oxford University Press.