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Hierococcyx

Hawk-Cuckoos

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Relationships after Sorenson & Payne 2005.
Containing group: Cuculinae

Other Names for Hierococcyx

References

King, B. F. 2002. The Hierococcyx fugax, Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, complex. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 122:74-80.

Payne, R. B. 2005. The Cuckoos. Bird Families of the World XV. Oxford University Press, New York.

Sorenson, M.D. and R.B. Payne. 2005. Molecular systematics: cuckoo phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Pp. 68-94 in R.B. Payne. Bird Families of the World: Cuckoos. Oxford University Press.

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Scientific Name Hierococcyx varius
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Brain fever bird
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Jayanth Sharma
Scientific Name Hierococcyx sparverioides
Location Vedanthangal Water Birds Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior flying
Source Large Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) in flight
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Lip Kee Yap
Scientific Name Hierococcyx nisicolor
Location Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Jwee
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