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Large Hawk-cuckoo

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Forests

Diet

Insects, Caterpillars

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Large Hawk-cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

They call in summer and the calling goes on well after dusk. 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. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Regional Names
  • Malayalam:
    വലിയ പേക്കുയിൽ
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Taxanomy

CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
Hierococcyx sparverioides