Moustached hawk-cuckoo

Moustached hawk-cuckoo
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Hierococcyx
Species: H. vagans
Binomial name
Hierococcyx vagans
Müller, 1845

The moustached hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, southern Laos, Malaysia, southern Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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