Northern hawk-cuckoo

Northern hawk-cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Hierococcyx
Species:
H. hyperythrus
Binomial name
Hierococcyx hyperythrus
(Gould, 1856)

The northern hawk-cuckoo, rufous hawk-cuckoo, or Horsfield's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) is a bird in the family Cuculidae formerly thought to be conspecific with Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax) and placed in the genus Cuculus.

It is found in eastern China, North and South Korea, far eastern Russia,[2] and Japan. Northern populations winter in Borneo.

Juvenile northern hawk-cuckoos have a yellow skin patch on the underside of each wing, which parents use to detect whether offspring are begging for food.[3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hierococcyx hyperythrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734038A95072673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734038A95072673.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ There is no evidence of this species on Sakhalin island according to Russian sources: (Гизенко А. И. Птицы Сахалинской области, М. Изд-во АН СССР, 1955. 324 с.; Судиловская А. М. 1951. Отряд Кукушки. // Птицы Советского Союза. Том 1, Под общ. ред. Г. П. Дементьева, Н. А. Гладкова. М.: Советская Наука. С. 46; Флинт В. Е., Бёме Р. Л., Костин Ю. В., Кузнецов А. А. Птицы СССР. М.: Мысль. 1968. С. 348-350.)
  3. ^ Rojas Ripari, Juan M.; Ursino, Cynthia A.; Reboreda, Juan C.; De Mársico, María C. (2021-12-03). "Tricking Parents: A Review of Mechanisms and Signals of Host Manipulation by Brood-Parasitic Young". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.725792. ISSN 2296-701X.


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