Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans)

Other Scientific Names
Hierococcyx vagans

Other Names (World)
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo, Lesser Hawk-Cuckoo, Small Hawk-Cuckoo, Dwarf Hawk-Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
28 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(M�ller, 1845)

Habitat
Evergreen forest, forest edges, secondary growth, bamboo forests. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss through logging and conversion to agriculture are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans) [XC158597]
by Arend Wassink from Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia (song)

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans) [XC150957]
by Arend Wassink from Menanggol tributary, Lower Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
Often placed in genus Hierococcyx, along with other hawk-cuckoos, on grounds of notable morphological differences from Cuculus.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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