African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC648494]
by Derek Solomon from 12 Willeton Road (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC634087]
by Lynette Rudman from Jozani Forest NP, Kusini, Unguja South Region, Tanzania, Tanzania (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Madagascar Harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus), with which often considered conspecific.
Birds from western Zaire sometimes awarded separate subspecies, prigoginei.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
pectoralis Sharpe, 1903 - Senegambia east to western Sudan, north to Aïr Mountains (north-western Niger) and south to Zaire.
typus Smith, 1829 - Eastern Sudan to Eritrea and south to Angola and South Africa.