Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Australia         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 29/03/2024 07:23:11 AM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    Gabar Goshawk* Id (Atlas):
    Micronisus gabar

Description (10)
Image of Gabar Goshawk
 

Other Scientific Names
Micronisus gabar [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Micronisus gabar [AERC TAC (2003)]

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
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, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Egypt, Lesotho.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) [XC520421]
     by isaac kilusu from City of Matlosana, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

 
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) [XC650232]
     by Lynette Rudman from University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria (call, song, subsong)

Subspecies
May be closer to Accipiter.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • niger (Vieillot, 1823)   -  Senegambia east to northern Ethiopia and south-western Arabia, and south to northern Cameroon, Chad and Sudan.
  • aequatorius Clancey, 1987   -  Ethiopian highlands south to Zaire, Zambia and northern Mozambique.
  • gabar (Daudin, 1800)   -  Southern Angola, Zambia and Mozambique south to South Africa.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Gabar Goshawk see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Gabar Goshawk

If you would like to read any articles about the Gabar Goshawk... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Gabar Goshawk

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Gabar Goshawk or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (10)


No Videos of Gabar Goshawk

If Birdpedia has no videos of Gabar Goshawk or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)