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 LC    Common Hawk-Cuckoo* Id (Atlas):
    Hierococcyx varius

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Hierococcyx varius

Other Names (World)
Common Hawk-Cuckoo, Ceylon Hawk Cuckoo, Brain-fever Bird

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
33 - 37 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vahl, 1797)

Habitat
Dry deciduous forest. Also, rural gardens. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), India (B), Myanmar, Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Sri Lanka (B).

Vagrant to Oman, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually solitary.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

 
Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) [XC483085]
     by id from ahmedabad gujarat india, India (song)

 
Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) [XC696708]
     by Tushar Bhagwat from Chennai Snake Park (near Chennai), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (call)

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

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • varius (Vahl, 1797)   -  India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. .
  • ciceliae Phillips, WWA, 1949   -  Sri Lanka.



References
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