Madagascar Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis)

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Cuckoo-hawk, Madagascar Baza, Madagascar Cuckoo-falcon, Madagascan Cuckoo-Hawk

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
40 - 45 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1834)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, lowland dry shrubland, mangroves, heavily degraded former forest, dry savanna, plantations. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Madagascar.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis) [XC88216]
by id from PK32 Ranobe, Madagascar (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with African Baza (Aviceda cuculoides), and possibly also with Jerdon's Baza (Aviceda jerdoni) and Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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