Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides - Coucou épervier

Systematics

Order
:
Cuculiformes
Family
:
Cuculidés
Genus
:
Hierococcyx
Species
:
sparverioides

Descriptor

Vigors, 1832

Biometrics

Size
: 40 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 116 à 131 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Coucou épervier,
Cuco grande,
cuco-gavião-grande,
Sperberkuckuck,
nagy karvalykakukk,
Grote Sperwerkoekoek,
Cuculastore maggiore,
större hökgök,
Haukgjøk,
kukučka jastrabia,
kukačka krahujčí,
Stor Høgegøg,
isohaukkakäki,
cucut esparverenc gros,
kukułka krogulcza,
lielā vanagdzeguze,
Ястребиная кукушка,
オオジュウイチ,
大鹰鹃,
นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวใหญ่,
大鷹鵑,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan - vol4, Salim Ali and Dillon Ripley
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest