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Species of Thailand

Dark hawk-cuckoo

Hierococcyx bocki, Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886

(In Thai: นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวภูเขา)

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.

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 found in Brunei.

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Genus
Hierococcyx
Species
Hierococcyx bocki

Common names

  • Thai: นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวภูเขา

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

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Hierococcyx bocki

Range Map

Distribution map of Dark hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx bocki in Thailand
  • Bang Lang National Park
Range map of Hierococcyx bocki in Thailand