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Dark hawk cuckoo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cuculidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Aves

Subfamily
  
Cuculinae

Genus
  
Hierococcyx

Order
  
Cuculiformes

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Similar
  
Moustached hawk‑cuckoo, White‑crowned cuckoo, Sulawesi cuckoo, Hierococcyx, Pied bronze 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.

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.

References

Dark hawk-cuckoo Wikipedia