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African Harrier-hawk* |
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African Harrier-hawk
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Other Names (World)
African Harrier-Hawk, Gymnogene, Banded Harrier hawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
60 - 66 cm
First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1829
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland, temperate forest, dry savanna, urban areas, plantations.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A whistled 'sueee-sueee-sueee'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC580274]
by Peter Boesman from City of Matlosana, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) [XC647001]
by Ehren Eksteen from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (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.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Harrier-hawk see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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