Biology:Dark hawk-cuckoo

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Short description: Species of bird

Dark hawk-cuckoo
Hierococcyx bocki.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Hierococcyx
Species:
H. bocki
Binomial name
Hierococcyx bocki
Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886

The dark hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki) is a bird in the family Cuculidae formerly considered conspecific with the large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) and placed in the Cuculus genus.

Geographic Range

In Malaysia it occurs in upper Malaya, northern Sarawak and Sabah. In Indonesia it is found on Sumatra and in Kalimantan. It is also found in Brunei.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2998691 entry