Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Moustached Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus vagans) - HBW 4, p. 549

French: Coucou à moustaches German: Bartkuckuck Spanish: Cuco Bigotudo
Other common names: Lesser/Small/Dwarf Hawk-cuckoo

Taxonomy: Cuculus vagans S. Müller, 1845, Java.
Often placed in genus Hierococcyx, along with other hawk-cuckoos, on grounds of notable morphological differences from Cuculus. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Myanmar and Mergui Archipelago, S Thailand, S through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo; recent records from S Laos.

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