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Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, E 1843)

Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, also known as the whistling hawk-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo found in north-eastern India, Myanmar, southern China and southeast Asia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Hierococcyx
Scientific:
  Hierococcyx nisicolor


Original description

Citation:
  (Blyth, E 1843)

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 12 p.943

Protonym:
  Cuculus nisicolor

Type locality:
  Nepal.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40060932


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  099F292810B12828

Avibase ID:
  avibase-099F2928

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/099F2928


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 705299

Geographic range:

  • Hierococcyx nisicolor: breeds eastern Nepal through eastern Himalayas and Indian hills south of the Brahmaputra River to southern and eastern China, from southern Sichuan northeastward to Jiangsu and southeastward to Hainan, and northern southeastern Asia; winters to Greater Sundas
English:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut xiulaire
Czech:
kukačka thajská
Danish:
Himalayahøgegøg
German:
Pfeifkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco silbador
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco silbador
Finnish:
viheltäjäkäki
French:
Coucou de Hodgson
Croatian:
kukavica zviždara
Italian:
Cuculastore di Hodgson
Japanese (romaji):
juuichi
Japanese:
インドシナジュウイチ
Dutch:
Hodgsons Sperwerkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bambusgauk
Norwegian:
Bambusgjøk
Polish:
kukułka himalajska
Portuguese:
cuco-falcão-de-pintas-ruivas
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-gavião-assobiador
Russian:
Свистящая кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka ryšavoprsá
Serbian:
Hodžsonova jastrebasta kukavica
Swedish:
Hodgsons hökgök
Ukrainian:
зозуля індокитайська
Chinese:
霍氏鹰鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
棕腹鷹鵑


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou de Hodgson ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Cuculus nisicolor nisicolor [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Whistling Hawk Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Whistling Hawk Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx nisicolor) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cuculus fugax nisicolor [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hierococcyx nisicolor [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hierococcyx nisicolor [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Hierococcyx [fugax or nisicolor] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Bengali: ঴জ঳চন হচািগযামরা , হজসনি চোখগ্যালো
Bengali (transliteration): hajasani cōkhagyālō
Catalan: Cucut xiulaire
Czech: kukačka thajská
Danish: Himalayahøgegøg
German: Fleckenbrust-Fluchtkuckuck, Pfeifendkuckuck, Pfeifkuckuck
English: Fugitive hawk cuckoo, Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo, Whistling Hawk Cuckoo, Whistling Hawk-cuckoo
English, HBW: Whistling Hawk-cuckoo
English (IOC): Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
English (United States): Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuco silbador, Cuco Silbidor
Spanish (Spain): Cuco silbador
Spanish (HBW): Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Finnish: viheltäjäkäki
French: Coucou de Hodgson, Coucou fugitif
Croatian: kukavica zviždara
Indonesian: Kangkok Hodgson
Italian: Cuculastore di Hodgson
Japanese (romaji): indoshinajuuichi, Juichi, jū-ichi, juuichi
Japanese: インドシナジュウイチ, ジュウイチ
Japanese (Kanji): 十一
Scientific: C. fugax nisicolor, Cuculus fugax, Cuculus fugax nisicolor, Cuculus nisicolor, Cuculus nisicolor nisicolor, Hierococcys fugax fugax, Hierococcys fugax nisicolor, Hierococcyx fugax, Hierococcyx fugax fugax, Hierococcyx fugax nisicolor, Hierococcyx nisicolor, Hierococcyx nisicolor  
Nepali: पपीहा कोइली
Dutch: Hodgsons Sperwerkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bambusgauk
Norwegian: Bambusgjøk
Polish: kukułka himalajska
Pinyin: xiǎo yīng-juān, zōng fù dù-juān, zōng fù yīng-juān
Portuguese: cuco-falcão-de-pintas-ruivas
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-gavião-assobiador
Russian: Свистящая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka ryšavoprsá
Serbian: Hodžsonova jastrebasta kukavica
Swedish: Hodgsons hökgök
Thai: นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวอกแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu yìaw òk-daeeŋ
Turkish: Hogson atmaca guguğu
Ukrainian: зозуля індокитайська
Vietnamese: Chèo chẹo nhỏ, Chim Chèo chẹo Hodgson, Chim Chèo chẹo nhỏ, Trèo chẹo nhỏ
Chinese: 小鹰鹃, 棕腹杜鹃, 棕腹鹰鹃, 霍氏鹰鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 小鷹鵑, 棕腹杜鵑, 棕腹鷹鵑, 棕腹鷹鵑〔侯氏鷹鵑〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 棕腹杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 棕腹杜鹃

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