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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
13/05/2024 12:19:38 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Long-tailed Hawk*
Id (Atlas):
Urotriorchis macrourus
Description (10 )
Long-tailed Hawk
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
57 - 73 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Hartlaub, 1855)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte 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.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)... )
Listen to XC740056
Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus ) [XC740056 ]
by Phil Gregory from Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)
Listen to XC721891
Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus ) [XC721891 ]
by Mike Catsis from Atewa Farmbush, Sagyimase, Ghana (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 .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Long-tailed Hawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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