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Song & Call Comparison
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Song & Call Comparison
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo
Canto
Loud, raucous call with harsh quality; penetrating notes carrying through dense forest in South Asia.
Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
Canto
Deep, hollow booming call; resonant bass notes carrying far across dense humid tropical forest floor.
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Geographic Range & Migration
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Conservation Status Comparison
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Estado de conservação
Least Concern
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo
Not Evaluated
Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
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Identification Tips — How to Tell Them Apart
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How to Tell Them Apart
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo
Plumagem
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo: dark brown above; pale below with dense dark barring; hawk-like; long barred tail; yellow orbital ring; dark morph
Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
Plumagem
Banded Ground-cuckoo: rufous-buff below with dark barring; dark olive above; blue facial skin; long tail; barred pattern below
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About Each Bird (Descriptions)
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Dark Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki) — 28–31 cm. Dark grey above; pale below with darker streaking; barred tail. Restricted to montane forest of the Malay Peninsula. Brood parasite. Insectivore. Rare; poorly documented.
Scaled Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus squamiger) — 45–48 cm. Bronze-olive above; scaled white-tipped breast; rufous flanks; bare blue orbital ring. Restricted to humid eastern Amazonian forest in Pará, Brazil. Non-parasitic; follows army ants. Insectivore. Vulnerable; small range threatened by deforestation.
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