| Hierococcyx | |
|---|---|
 Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Cuculiformes |
| Family | Cuculidae |
| Genus | Hierococcyx |
Hierococcyx or hawk-cuckoos, is a genus of cuckoos in the Cuculidae family. There name comes from the resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoos hence the name.
It is sometimes included in the genus Cuculus.
Species[]
The genus consists of the following species:
Dark Hawk-cuckoo (Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1886) (Hierococcyx bocki) Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo (Horsfield, 1821) (Hierococcyx fugax) Rufous Hawk-cuckoo (Gould, 1856) (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo (Horsfield, 1821) (Hierococcyx nisicolor) Philippine Hawk-cuckoo (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) (Hierococcyx pectoralis) Large Hawk-cuckoo (Vigors, 1832) (Hierococcyx sparverioides) Moustached Hawk-cuckoo (Müller, 1845) (Hierococcyx vagans) Common Hawk-cuckoo (Vahl, 1797) (Hierococcyx varius)