Biology:Hierococcyx
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Hierococcyx | |
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| Philippine hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx pectoralis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Hierococcyx Müller, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus fugax[1] Horsfield, 1821
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Hierococcyx or hawk-cuckoos is a genus of birds in the family Cuculidae. They are distributed in South, Southeast, and East Asia.[2] The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoos.
It is sometimes included in the genus Cuculus.
Species
There are eight species:[2]
- Moustached hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans)
- Large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
- Dark hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki)
- Common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
- Northern hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)
- Philippine hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx pectoralis)
- Malaysian hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax)
- Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
References
- ↑ "Cuculidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=70.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". January 2023. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/turacos/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2511641 entry
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