Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
African Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
French: Baza coucou
German: Kuckucksweih
Spanish: Baza Africano
Other common names: (African) Cuckoo falcon, African Baza
Taxonomy: Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
Forms superspecies with A. madagascariensis, and possibly also with A. jerdoni and A. subcristata. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cuculoides Swainson, 1837 - woodland from Senegal E to SW Ethiopia and S to Nigeria and N Zaire.
- batesi (Swann, 1920) - lowland rain forest from Sierra Leone E to E Uganda and S to N Angola.
- verreauxii Lafresnaye, 1846 - woodland and coastal, riparian and montane forest from Kenya S to N Namibia and South Africa.
- Least Concern
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A bird perched on a tree Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 28 sec 2 -
perched in tree top, preening Nseppe, Mouanko, Littoral Province, Cameroon (ssp batesi)
Martin Kennewell 8 March 2009 23 weeks ago 59 sec 2
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