A Digital Reference Collection for the Wallace Project
Hierococcyx fugax(Horsfield, 1821)
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo
Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Banjarmassing Label transcription: [Hierococcyx varius Wal. (fugax. Horsf.) Bl. hyperythrus, Gould? Banjarmassing (motley) / moore P.I.J. 1859. p. 459 73.5.12.1739.] [No. Brit. Mus. Reg. 73.5.12.1739 Hierococcyx fugax (Horsf.) Loc. Banjarmassing. Ex. Coll. Wallace.]
NOTE: Species known to occur in Singapore. Imaged Wallace Specimen from Sumatra.