Dark hawk-cuckoo
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Hierococcyx |
| Species: | H. bocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Hierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886 | |
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 endemic to Brunei.
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References
- Birdlife International (2014). "Hierococcyx bocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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