Malay Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax) | Details

Malay Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Hierococcyx fugax, H. nisicolor, H. pectoralis and H. hyperythrus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Cuculus and lumped as C. fugax following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	80 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,600,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to rare throughout its range (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation, however declines are not thought to be rapid since the species appears to be highly tolerant of habitat degradation.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Brunei	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Malaysia	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Singapore	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Malay Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/malay-hawk-cuckoo-hierococcyx-fugax on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.