Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) - HBW 2, p. 108
French: Baza huppard
German: Dreifarbenweih
Spanish: Baza Negro
Other common names: Black crested Baza, Black crested Lizard Hawk
Taxonomy: Falco leuphotes Dumont, 1820, Pondicherry, India.
Race wolfei, based on single specimen, doubtfully distinct from nominate. Birds from Burma and Thailand may belong to race syama, as opposed to rather similar nominate leuphotes; these birds sometimes awarded separate race, burmana. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wolfei Deignan, 1948 - Sichuan (C China).
- syama (Hodgson, 1837) - NE India and E Nepal E to S China (Guangdong, Hainan); winters S through Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Sumatra.
- leuphotes (Dumont, 1820) - SW India, S Burma and W Thailand; may also breed in parts of Indochina.
- andamanica Abdulali & Grubh, 1970 - South Andaman I (Andaman Is).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult preening Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Alain Fossé 20 February 2007 2 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
Adult cleaning its bill on the perch Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Alain Fossé 20 February 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 3.8 -
A group of birds perched in a tree. Locality Singapore (ssp syama)
Fran Trabalon 15 November 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 3.5 -
Two birds perched in a tree, looking around and flying away. Locality Kroch Chhmar, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia
Josep del Hoyo 11 March 2011 22 weeks ago 31 sec 3 -
Two birds high on a tree top, preening Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp leuphotes)
Josep del Hoyo 7 November 2004 4 years ago 24 sec 2.4 -
Two birds in a tree and then flying away. Locality Kroch Chhmar, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia
Josep del Hoyo 11 March 2011 22 weeks ago 34 sec 2.3
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Perched adult
Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Alain Fossé 20 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Perched adult
Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Alain Fossé 20 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
An adult in a tree.
Locality Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, Ban Thale Noi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Christophe Gouraud 25 November 2009 2 years ago 2 -
An adult in a tree.
Locality Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, Ban Thale Noi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp syama)
Christophe Gouraud 25 November 2009 2 years ago 2
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