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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Whistling Hawk-cuckoo* |
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Hierococcyx nisicolor |
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Description (10)
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Whistling Hawk-cuckoo
© flickr.com
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
27 - 31 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1843)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, temperate forest. From 600 - 2,800 m.
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Nepal and eastern Himalayas to Myanmar, Thailand, Annam and Hainan. Winters south to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) [XC106786]
by Bram Piot from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) [XC319292]
by Mingpan Huang from zhemgang, Bhutan (call)
Subspecies
Often placed in genus Hierococcyx, along with other hawk-cuckoos, on grounds of notable morphological differences from Cuculus.
Not recognised as a species by BirdLife International. Considered a subspecies of Malay Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Malay Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Whistling Hawk-cuckoo see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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