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Large hawk-cuckoo
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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p>It is found in <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a>, <a href="/facts/Malaysia/8zbUMzCP">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a>, <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a>, <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>, the <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a>, <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, and <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>. Found as a vagrant on Christmas Island.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Subspecies/4L9jFacF">subspecies</a> <a href="/facts/Hierococcyx_bocki/zzgyAYkr"><i>H. s. bocki</i></a> of the <a href="/facts/Malay_Peninsula/BrBger2u">Malay Peninsula</a>, <a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a> and <a href="/facts/Borneo/1aIGfyvV">Borneo</a> is usually considered a separate species, the <a href="/facts/Dark_hawk-cuckoo/zzgyAYkr">dark hawk-cuckoo</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="habitats">Habitats</h2> <p>Its natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitats</a> are <a href="/facts/Temperate_forest/aw95pQVu">temperate forest</a> and subtropical or tropical <a href="/facts/Mangrove_forest/JreUUsuG">mangrove forest</a>. </p> <h2 id="behaviour">Behaviour</h2> <p>They call in summer and calling goes on well after dusk. In their winter grounds, they tend to be silent. </p><p>Like many other cuckoos, this species is a <a href="/facts/Brood_parasite/BIFuJnMb">brood parasite</a>. Many laughing-thrushes (example <i><a href="/facts/White-browed_laughingthrush/1Ir2fdV3">Pterorhinus sannio</a></i>) are capable of detecting the eggs of the cuckoo and remove them. The cuckoos lay eggs that mimic those of their hosts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> List of the large hawk cuckoo's known nest-hosts<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Actinodura_nipalensis/gHLH6mrf">Actinodura nipalensis</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Alcippe_nipalensis/PzUnbAR6">Alcippe nipalensis</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Arachnothera_longirostris/SSewSmmL">Arachnothera longirostris</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Arachnothera_magna/m9n07Mcu">Arachnothera magna</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Brachypteryx_leucophris/Uy4l7dq5">Brachypteryx leucophris</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Brachypteryx_leucophrys/Uy4l7dq5">Brachypteryx nipalensis</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Cettia_fortipes/3NbsxQm7">Cettia fortipes</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Liocichla_phoenicea/BuxddNkV">Liocichla phoenicea</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Ianthocincla_cineracea/vnH1u2MU">Ianthocincla cineracea</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Ianthocincla_rufogularis/80nFPLP2">Ianthocincla rufogularis</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Trochalopteron_lineatum/dll6kf6N">Trochalopteron lineatum</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Trochalopteron_erythrocephalum/vT69MGlr">Trochalopteron erythrocephalum</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Garrulax_monileger/1HUUoD0r">Garrulax monileger</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pterorhinus_pectoralis/NNS7nCg7">Pterorhinus pectoralis</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pterorhinus_caerulatus/S2XkNCw4">Pterorhinus caerulatus</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pterorhinus_mitratus/oPCEc39W">Pterorhinus mitratus</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Geokichla_citrina/Ayzh4FKS">Geokichla citrina</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Lanius_cristatus/culLCFI4">Lanius cristatus</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Lanius_schach/2KBstlHY">Lanius nigriceps</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Leiothrix_lutea/yf3bnWqS">Leiothrix lutea</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Muscicapella_hodgsoni/J2fk27d5">Muscicapa hodgsoni</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Muscicapa_macgregoriae/GGBvYhbq">Muscicapa macgregoriae</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Ficedula_parva/pjbCQPwt">Muscicapa parva</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Muscicapa_rubeculoides/pjbCQPwt">Muscicapa rubeculoides</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Myophonus_caeruleus/j7hIuEoc">Myophonus caeruleus</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pellorneum_ignotum/h1KyCrgw">Pellorneum ignotum</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pellorneum_ruficeps/r3CqREuc">Pellorneum ruficeps</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pomatorhinus_erythrogenys/H7VcEENP">Pomatorhinus erythrogenys</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Pycnonotus_cafer/YRJANqEM">Pycnonotus cafer</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Stachyris_nigriceps/r6WL4X4b">Stachyris nigriceps</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Stachyris_ruficeps/mAojoMYH">Stachyris ruficeps</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Stachyris_rufifrons/JqVrRFBt">Stachyris rufifrons</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Prinia_atrogularis/bYTjHUbh">Suya khasiana</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Turdoides/cHucDhrf">Turdoides</a> sp. </li><li> <a href="/facts/Zoothera_dauma/Cu7vAJ6D">Turdus dauma</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Yuhina_flavicollis/6yMnY966">Yuhina flavicollis</a> </li><li> <a href="/facts/Yuhina_occipitalis/aENvlGxw">Yuhina occipitalis</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>McAllan, I.A.W., James, D.J. 2008 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides on Christmas Island. Australian Field Ornithology 25 (1):31–35 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Payne, Robert B. (2005) The Cuckoos, Oxford University Press. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Yang, Canchao; Su, Tongping; Liang, Wei; Møller, Anders Pape (2015-08-01). "Coevolution between the large hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) and its two sympatric Leiothrichidae hosts: evidence for recent expansion and switch in host use?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115 (4): 919–926. doi:10.1111/bij.12538. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fbij.12538" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fbij.12538</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Numerov, A. D. Inter-species and Intra-species brood parasitism in Birds. Voronezh: Voronezh University. 2003. 516 p. [In Russian] Нумеров А. Д. Межвидовой и внутривидовой гнездовой паразитизм у птиц. Воронеж: ФГУП ИПФ Воронеж. 2003. C. 38–40. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>As subspecies of Brachypteryx leucophrys [1] <a href="/wiki/Brachypteryx_leucophrys" target="_blank">/wiki/Brachypteryx_leucophrys</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>As subspecies of Lanius schach [2] <a href="/wiki/Lanius_schach" target="_blank">/wiki/Lanius_schach</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>As subspecies of Pellorneum albiventre [3] <a href="/wiki/Pellorneum_albiventre" target="_blank">/wiki/Pellorneum_albiventre</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>As subspecies of Prinia atrogularis [4] <a href="/wiki/Prinia_atrogularis" target="_blank">/wiki/Prinia_atrogularis</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>