Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)

Other Names (World)
Bat Hawk, Bat Falcon, Bat Pern, Bat Kite, Bat-eating Buzzard, Bat-eating Hawk

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
46 cm

First Described (Guide)
Westermann, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, dry forest, dry savanna, urban areas.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam (B), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia (B), Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia (B), Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar (B), Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea (B), Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand (B), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Gambia, S�o Tom� e Principe, Singapore.

Unknown to Guinea-bissau.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Crepuscular, hunting at dusk.

Food
Mainly bats, but also small birds and insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) [XC303753]
by from near Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (call)

Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) [XC140702]
by Diego Caiafa from Dabra, Southern Mamberamo basin, Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Genus name often spelt Machaerhamphus, but Macheiramphus has priority. Little known population of Sulawesi might refer to distinct, undescribed subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

alcinus Westermann, 1851 - Southern Burma, western Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and north-central Sulawesi.
papuanus Mayr, 1940 - Eastern New Guinea.
anderssoni (Gurney Sr, 1866) - Senegambia east to Ethiopia and south to South Africa, Madagascar.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) - 10 files

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