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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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African Baza* |
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Aviceda cuculoides |
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Description (10)
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African Baza
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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)...)
African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides) [XC449481]
by Oliver Fowler from Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa (call)
African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides) [XC234462]
by Peter Boesman from Farasi Lane, Nairobi, Kenya (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 Baza see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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