Malaysian hawk-cuckoo
| Malaysian hawk-cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Hierococcyx |
| Species: | H. fugax
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| Binomial name | |
| Hierococcyx fugax Horsfield, 1821
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The Malaysian hawk-cuckoo or Malay hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax) is a bird in the family Cuculidae formerly considered conspecific with Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo and the rufous hawk-cuckoo. All three species were previously assigned as Cuculus fugax.
Geographic Range[]
Hierococcyx fugax is found in far southern Burma, southern Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and western Java.
Habitat[]
The Malaysian hawk-cuckoo occurs in a variety of forest types from plains level up to 1700 metres on Sumatra. It can also be found in cocoa and rubber plantations.
Diet and Foraging[]
Insects, mainly caterpillars, but also cicadas, beetles, small butterflies and locusts, in addition fruits and berries. Active in bushes and understorey, gleaning prey from foliage.[2]
Behaviour[]
Hawk-cuckoos are brood parasites and recorded hosts include the white-rumped shama and the grey-headed canary flycatcher.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hierococcyx fugax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728125A94971412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728125A94971412.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo".
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