{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = Large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) JEG1947.jpg | image_caption = thumb|Calls | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Hierococcyx sparverioides'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22728111A94970879 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728111A94970879.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Hierococcyx | species = sparverioides | authority = (Vigors, 1832) | synonyms = ''Cuculus sparverioides'' }}
The '''large hawk-cuckoo''' ('''''Hierococcyx sparverioides''''') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide breeding distribution from temperate Asia along the Himalayas extending to East Asia. Many populations winter further south. They are known for their loud and repetitive calls which are similar to that of the common hawk-cuckoo but do not rise in crescendo. They are also somewhat larger and adults can be readily told apart from the smaller common hawk-cuckoo by the black patch on the chin. They are brood-parasites of babblers and laughing-thrushes.
== Distribution ==
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Found as a vagrant on Christmas Island.<ref>McAllan, I.A.W., James, D.J. 2008 Large Hawk-Cuckoo ''Hierococcyx sparverioides'' on Christmas Island. Australian Field Ornithology 25 (1):31–35</ref> The subspecies ''H. s. bocki'' of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo is usually considered a separate species, the dark hawk-cuckoo.<ref>Payne, Robert B. (2005) ''The Cuckoos'', Oxford University Press.</ref>
== Habitats == Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
== Behaviour == They call in summer and calling goes on well after dusk. In their winter grounds, they tend to be silent.
Like many other cuckoos, this species is a brood parasite. Many laughing-thrushes (example ''Pterorhinus sannio'') are capable of detecting the eggs of the cuckoo and remove them. The cuckoos lay eggs that mimic those of their hosts.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yang|first1=Canchao|last2=Su|first2=Tongping|last3=Liang|first3=Wei|last4=Møller|first4=Anders Pape|date=2015-08-01|title=Coevolution between the large hawk-cuckoo (''Cuculus sparverioides'') and its two sympatric Leiothrichidae hosts: evidence for recent expansion and switch in host use?|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=115|issue=4|pages=919–926|doi=10.1111/bij.12538 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
<div style="width:50%;">{{Collapsible list| title = List of the large hawk cuckoo's known nest-hosts<ref name=autogenerated1>Numerov, A. D. ''Inter-species and Intra-species brood parasitism in Birds''. Voronezh: Voronezh University. 2003. 516 p. [In Russian] ''Нумеров А. Д.'' Межвидовой и внутривидовой гнездовой паразитизм у птиц. Воронеж: ФГУП ИПФ Воронеж. 2003. C. 38–40.</ref> | Actinodura nipalensis | Alcippe nipalensis | Arachnothera longirostris | Arachnothera magna | Brachypteryx leucophris | Brachypteryx nipalensis<ref>As subspecies of ''Brachypteryx leucophrys'' [http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Brachypteryx-leucophris]</ref> | Cettia fortipes | Liocichla phoenicea | Ianthocincla cineracea | Ianthocincla rufogularis | Trochalopteron lineatum | Trochalopteron erythrocephalum | Garrulax monileger | Pterorhinus pectoralis | Pterorhinus caerulatus | Pterorhinus mitratus | Geokichla citrina | Lanius cristatus | Lanius nigriceps<ref>As subspecies of ''Lanius schach'' [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/long-tailed-shrike-lanius-schach]</ref> | Leiothrix lutea | Muscicapa hodgsoni | Muscicapa macgregoriae | Muscicapa parva | Muscicapa rubeculoides | Myophonus caeruleus | Pellorneum ignotum<ref>As subspecies of ''Pellorneum albiventre'' [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/spot-throated-babbler-pellorneum-albiventre]</ref> | Pellorneum ruficeps | Pomatorhinus erythrogenys | Pycnonotus cafer | Stachyris nigriceps | Stachyris ruficeps | Stachyris rufifrons | Suya khasiana<ref>As subspecies of ''Prinia atrogularis'' [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/hill-prinia-prinia-atrogularis]</ref> | Turdoides sp. | Turdus dauma | Yuhina flavicollis | Yuhina occipitalis }}</div>
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