Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax) - HBW 4, p. 549
French: Coucou fugitif
German: Fluchtkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Huidizo
Other common names: Fugitive/Horsfield's Hawk-cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus fugax Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Often placed in genus Hierococcyx, along with other hawk-cuckoos, on grounds of notable morphological differences from Cuculus. Forms a superspecies with C. pectoralis, with which often considered conspecific (see page 512). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nisicolor Blyth, 1843 - Nepal and E Himalayas to Myanmar, Thailand, Annam and Hainan; winters S to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
- fugax Horsfield, 1821 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
- hyperythrus Gould, 1856 - Sichuan E to NE China and Ussuriland (Sikhote-Alin), and S to Korea, S Japan (Hondo) and lower Yangtze valley; migrates to S China, SE Asia, Borneo and Sulawesi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two sequences of a bird on a branch, and another flying off (slow motion). Locality Singapore
Fran Trabalon 15 November 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Singapore
Fran Trabalon 15 November 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
immature perched
Locality Chengfang Park, Shanghai, China (Northern) (ssp hyperythrus)
erikat 23 October 2011 15 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult bird perched on a tree..
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia)
Boas Emmanuel 8 December 2009 1 year ago 2.3
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Song. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 6 March 2003 2 years ago 0 -
Song and flight call in the end. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 6 March 2003 2 years ago 0 -
Song. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 6 March 2003 2 years ago 0
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