Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Hierococcyx hyperythrus
A large, elusive cuckoo of lowland woodlands; plumages of both adults and juveniles mimic plumages of sparrowhawks. Adult gray above and pale below, with light orange suffusion on breast and sides; strikingly similar in plumage to Japanese and Chinese sparrowhawks, but has a much thinner bill (bicolored in adults) and a more lithe and smaller-headed profile. Juvenile brown above and white below, with heavily streaked underparts. Song a feverish, rapidly accelerating "chu-witchy-chu-witchy!”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Authority
- (Gould, 1856)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Hierococcyx
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PAL : se Siberia, Japan, Korean Pen. and ne China
- Non-breeding range
- to se Asia, n Borneo and n Sulawesi
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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