Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
57 - 73 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Liberia east to western Uganda and south to south-western and central Zaire.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus) [XC53744]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Ankasa Game Reserve, Ghana (call)

Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus) [XC519019]
by Brendan Sloan from Mont Tonkoui (lower area), Man, Montagnes District, Ivory Coast (call)

Subspecies
Monotypic genus, apparently very close to Accipiter, with which has been merged. Has also been linked with other endemic African genera, Melierax and Kaupifalco.

Proposed subspecies batesi for populations from Cameroon eastwards is invalid.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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