Large hawk-cuckoo
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| Species: | H. sparverioides
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| Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832)
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The large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
Distribution
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Found as a vagrant on Christmas Island.[2] The subspecies H. s. bocki of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo is usually considered a separate species, the dark hawk-cuckoo.[3]
Habitats
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Behavior
They call in summer and the goes on well after dusk.
Like many other cuckoos, this species is a brood parasite.
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References
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- ^ McAllan, I.A.W., James, D.J. 2008 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides on Christmas Island. Australian Field Ornithology 25 (1):31-35
- ^ Payne, Robert B. (2005) The Cuckoos, Oxford University Press.
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