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Hierococcyx
Sign in to saveHierococcyx or hawk-cuckoos is a genus of birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. They are distributed in South, Southeast, and East Asia. The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoos.
Species
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCuculiformes
- FamilyCuculidae
Observations2,140
Observations recorded22
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Collections
- YPM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Angola, Tanzania, Senegal, Nepal
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cuculidae
- Image
- Common Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) at Narendrapur W IMG 4111.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hierococcyx
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Hierococcyx
- topic's main category
- Category:Hierococcyx
- Commons gallery
- Hierococcyx
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Mimicry
- Species
- References
Hierococcyx or hawk-cuckoos is a genus of birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. They are distributed in South, Southeast, and East Asia. The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoos.
They are known to vocalize at their breeding grounds, making identification based on calls easy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hierococcyx” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.