|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
24/05/2024 10:51:46 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
African Cuckoo-hawk*
Id (Atlas):
Aviceda cuculoides
Description (10 )
African Cuckoo-hawk
© pinterest.com
Other Names (World)
African Cuckoo-hawk, African Baza, Cuckoo-falcon, African Cuckoo-falcon
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
40 cm
First Described (Guide )
Swainson, 1837
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna, plantations. From sea-level - 3,000 m.
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi (B), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea (B), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Botswana.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)... )
Listen to XC788596
African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides ) [XC788596 ]
by id from Abrafo forest, Ghana (call)
Listen to XC96409
African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides ) [XC96409 ]
by Peter Boesman from Tanga Region: Handeni District; 4 km south Magambazi Forest Reserve, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Madagascar Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis ), and possibly also with Jerdon's Baza (Aviceda jerdoni ) and Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata ).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
cuculoides Swainson, 1837 - Woodland from Senegal east to south-western Ethiopia and south to Nigeria and northern Zaire.
batesi (Swann, 1920) - Lowland rain forest from Sierra Leone east to eastern Uganda and south to northern Angola.
verreauxii Lafresnaye, 1846 - Woodland and coastal, riparian and montane forest from Kenya south to northern Namibia and South Africa.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Cuckoo-hawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Articles about the African Cuckoo-hawk
If you would like to read any articles about the African Cuckoo-hawk... Show Articles (0 )
No Pictures of African Cuckoo-hawk
If Birdpedia has no pictures of African Cuckoo-hawk or you would like to see more, then try the following...
From BING (4)
No Videos of African Cuckoo-hawk
If Birdpedia has no videos of African Cuckoo-hawk or you would like to see more, then try the following..
From BING (0)