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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Lizard Buzzard* |
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Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
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Description (10)
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Lizard Buzzard
© arthurgrosset.com
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
30 - 37 cm
Wingspan: 63 - 79 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)
Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, rural gardens, arable land.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly reptiles, large insects. Also, small mammals and birds.
Voice
A whistled 'klu-klu-klu'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)
Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) [XC583190]
by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call, song)
Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) [XC39327]
by Derek Solomon from South Luangwa National Park Home, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- monogrammicus (Temminck, 1824) - Senegambia east to Ethiopia and south to Uganda and Kenya.
- meridionalis (Hartlaub, 1860) - Southern Kenya south to northern South Africa and west to Angola and northern Namibia.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Lizard Buzzard see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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