Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
African Hobby (Falco cuvierii) - HBW 2, p. 268
French: Faucon de Cuvier
German: Afrikanischer Baumfalke
Spanish: Alcotán Africano
Taxonomy: Falco Cuvierii A. Smith, 1830, South Africa.
Forms superspecies with F. subbuteo and possibly also F. severus and F. longipennis; sometimes considered conspecific with F. subbuteo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and S to SE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds perched in the same tree Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the top of a dead branch Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
bird in the summit Locality Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 September 2010 2 years ago 12 sec 3.2
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an immature bird on a power cable
Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 18 October 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Perched
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 22 December 2009 2 years ago 2.4
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