A cuckoo with a bright yellow eye-ring. It breeds in northeastern Asia, and juveniles have been recorded in Hong Kong in autumn.
Adults have a grey-pink underside with little obvious streaking and a bright yellow eye-ring. Juveniles have dark streaks below.
Among the declining species in the South Korean study, Northern Hawk-Cuckoo was one of five estimated to occur in fewer areas at the start.
For all five, the estimated share of survey areas where they were present fell by more than half between the two periods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.