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 LC    Northern Hawk-Cuckoo* Id (Atlas):
    Hierococcyx hyperythrus

Description (7)
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
32 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1856)

Habitat
Coniferous, mixed and deciduous broadleaf forest on slopes.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), Japan, North Korea, Russia (Asian), South Korea.

Vagrant to Taiwan (China).

North-eastern China and southern Russian Far East, Sakhalin, and throughout Korea and the main islands of Japan. Accidental to Taiwan
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Highly vocal, calling by day and night from a perch and in flight. A far-carrying frenetic, shrill 'ju-ichi', beggining weakly but accelerating and becoming stronger and higher pitched 'ju-ichi ju-ichi ju-ichi'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [XC109207]
     by Albert Lastukhin & Meshcheryagina, Bachurin from Happy Island, Hebei, China (song)

 
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [XC286201]
     by Okamoto Keita Sin from Aizanke mountain road, Asahikawa region, Japan (song)

Nest
None. Egg(s) laid in that of the foster parents. The most common species are flycatchers.

Subspecies
Not recognized 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:
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