Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle*
Id (Atlas):
Hieraaetus ayresii
Description (10 )
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
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Other Names (World)
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle, Ayres's Eagle
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
56 cm
First Described (Guide )
Gurney, 1862
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, dry forest, temperate forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 3,000 m.
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon (B), Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Senegal, Somalia, Sudan.
Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Somalia, then south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)... )
Listen to XC370986
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii ) [XC370986 ]
by Bram Piot from Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya (flight call)
Listen to XC366543
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii ) [XC366543 ]
by id from Dzalamyama - s of lodge nr dambo, Central Region, Malawi (flight call, imm)
Subspecies
May form superspecies with Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus ), and possibly even Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides ). Until recently, frequently called Hieraaetus dubius , but this name apparently refers to Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
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