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Common Hawk Cuckoo
Hierococcyx varius · Family Cuculidae
Hierococcyx varius
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 244,978
- Countries and territories with records
- 11
About this species
This species has 244,978 occurrence records from 11 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (96.3%), Nepal (1.4%) and Bangladesh (1.1%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Hierococcyx varius combines the genus name Hierococcyx with the species epithet varius. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Hierococcyx; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Hierococcyx sparverioides, Hierococcyx nisicolor and Hierococcyx bocki.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 2.7 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.