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Northern Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, J 1856)

The rufous hawk-cuckoo or northern hawk-cuckoo is a bird in the family Cuculidae formerly thought to be conspecific with Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo and placed in the genus Cuculus. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Gould, J 1856)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 24, no.306 p.96

Protonym:
  Cuculus hyperythrus

Type locality:
  China, i.e. Shanghai.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860622

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  207B35376E56241B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-207B3537

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/207B3537

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 705300

Geographic range:

  • Hierococcyx hyperythrus: NE China to Korea, lower Yangtze Valley and s Japan
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut de la Xina
Czech:
kukačka východní
Danish:
Hvidnakket Høgegøg
German:
Weißnackenkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco ventrirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco Ventrirrojo
Finnish:
itäkiinankäki
French:
Coucou de Chine
Croatian:
cimetastoprsa kukavica
Italian:
Cuculastore settentrionale
Japanese (romaji):
kitajuuichi
Japanese:
ジュウイチ
Dutch:
Chinese Sperwerkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitnakkegauk
Norwegian:
Hvitnakkegjøk
Polish:
kukułka amurska
Portuguese:
cuco-falcão-ruivo
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-gavião-ruivo
Russian:
Ширококрылая кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka amurská
Serbian:
Severna jastrebasta kukavica
Swedish:
nordlig hökgök
Ukrainian:
зозуля рудовола
Chinese:
北鹰鹃（棕腹杜鹃）
Chinese (Traditional):
北方鷹鵑

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou de Chine ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Cuculus nisicolor hyperythrus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Northern Hawk Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Northern Hawk Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Northern Hawk-cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo  ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo  ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cuculus fugax hyperythrus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo ( Cuculus hyperythrus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo ( Hierococcyx hyperythrus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hierococcyx hyperythrus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hierococcyx hyperythrus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Cucut de la Xina
Czech: kukačka východní
Danish: Hvidnakket Høgegøg
German: Fluchtkuckuck-hyperythrus, Rostbauch-Fluchtkuckuck, Rötlichbraunkuckuck, Weißnackenkuckuck
English: Fugitive hawk cuckoo, hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, Northern Haw-cuckoo, Northern Hawk Cuckoo, Northern Hawk-Cuckoo, Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo, Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo 
English, HBW: Northern Hawk-cuckoo
English (IOC): Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo
English (United States): Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo fujitivo, Cuco fujitivo, Cuco ventrirrojo
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Ventrirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Estonian: hiina haugaskägu
Finnish: itäkiinankäki
French: Coucou de Chine
Croatian: cimetastoprsa kukavica
Indonesian: Kangkok Utara
Italian: Cuculastore settentrionale, Cuculo sparviero settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): ju-ichi, Juuichi, kita jū-ichi, kitajuuichi
Japanese: キタジュウイチ, ジュウイチ, ヂュウイチ
Japanese (Kanji): 北十一
Korean: 매사촌
Scientific: Cuculus fugax hyperythrus, Cuculus hyperythrus, Cuculus nisicolor hyperythrus, Hierococcys fugax hyperythrus, Hierococcyx fugax hyperythrus, Hierococcyx hyperythrus
Latvian: ziemeļu vanagzdeguze
Mongolian (Transliteration): mae-sachon
Dutch: Chinese Sperwerkoekoek, Noordelijke Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitnakkegauk
Norwegian: Hvitnakkegjøk
Polish: kukulka amurska, kukułka amurska
Pinyin: běi zōng-fù dù-juān, běifāng dù-juān, běifāng yīng-juān
Portuguese: cuco-falcão-ruivo
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-gavião-ruivo
Russian: Ширококрылая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka amurská
Serbian: Severna jastrebasta kukavica
Swedish: Nordlig hökgök
Thai: นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวพันธุ์เหนือ
Turkish: Kuzeyli atmaca guguğu
Tatar: киң канатлы күке
Ukrainian: зозуля рудовола
Vietnamese: Chim Chèo chẹo hung, Cu cu Bắc Bộ
Chinese: 北方杜鵑, 北棕腹杜鹃, 北鹰鹃, 北鹰鹃（棕腹杜鹃）, 棕腹杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 北方鷹鵑, 北棕腹杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 北方鷹鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 北方杜鹃

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