Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo
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    Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

    Hierococcyx vagans

    Birds of Prey
    Near Threatened

    Conservation Status

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    NT - Near ThreatenedDecreasing population

    Close to qualifying as threatened in the near future.

    The Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation. Currently, there are no widely publicized specific recovery programs for this species. Responsible safari tourism helps protect this bird by raising awareness of its habitat needs and by providing economic incentives for local communities to conserve the forests it inhabits.

    The moustached hawk-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is evergreen and secondary forests. Threatened by habitat loss, it has been assessed as a near-threatened species.

    Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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