African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC719439]
by Marcell Claassen from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (call)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC194613]
by Tony Archer from Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (begging call)
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.