African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC637549]
by isaac kilusu from Amani, Muheza, Tanga Region, Tanzania (call)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC164465]
by Martin St-Michel from Niokolo-Koba National Park, Tambacounda, Tambacounda, Senegal (flight call, 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.