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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hierococcyx
- Image
- Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSC 4461 (2).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Commons category
- Hierococcyx sparverioides
- taxon common name
- cuco-falcão-grande
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- short name
- H. sparverioides
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Encyclopedic overview
The large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide breeding distribution from temperate Asia along the Himalayas extending to East Asia. Many populations winter further south. They are known for their loud and repetitive calls which are similar to that of the common hawk-cuckoo but do not rise in crescendo. They are also somewhat larger and adults can be readily told apart from the smaller common hawk-cuckoo by the black patch on the chin. They are brood-parasites of babblers and laughing-thrushes.
Distribution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Large Hawk Cuckoo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.