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African Hobby* |
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Falco cuvierii |
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Description (10)
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African Hobby
© flickr.com
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Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)
Size
31 cm
First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1830
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 3,000 m.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Burundi, Malawi, Somalia.
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Senegambia east to Ethiopia and south to south-eastern South Africa.
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
African Hobby (Falco cuvierii) [XC688814]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Dunes de Dovela Ecolodge www.dunesdedovela.com\/, Mozambique (call)
African Hobby (Falco cuvierii) [XC710685]
by id from Dubreka, marais Dofili, Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) and possibly also Oriental Hobby (Falco severus) and Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) and sometimes considered conspecific with Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Hobby see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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