Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) - HBW 2, p. 144
French: Autour gabar
German: Gabarhabicht
Spanish: Gavilán Gabar
Taxonomy: Falco gabar Daudin, 1800, Zwart River, Cape Province, South Africa.
Often included in genus Melierax, but may well be closer to Accipiter. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- niger (Vieillot, 1823) - Senegambia E to N Ethiopia and SW Arabia, and S to N Cameroon, Chad and Sudan.
- aequatorius Clancey, 1987 - Ethiopian highlands S to Zaire, Zambia and N Mozambique.
- gabar (Daudin, 1800) - S Angola, Zambia and Mozambique S to South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird of the grey morph and another of the black melanistic morph drinking together at one of the water holes in Waza Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon (ssp niger)
Ian Fulton 15 March 2006 6 years ago 10 sec 4.4 -
looking around Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp niger)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 1 year ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult in an acacia tree and flying away. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp niger)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile after catching a Yellow-breasted Barbet, and finally losing it. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp niger)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 45 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile drinking and bathing on a hole in a dry river bed, finally being flushed by a donkey. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp niger)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on a bush Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp gabar)
Max Roth 31 October 2000 7 years ago 21 sec 3.9
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a juvenile in a group of five chasing red billed quelea
Locality Kgalagadi District, Botswana
Marco Valentini 13 August 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult, standing at a water point.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp gabar)
Carmelo López 3 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A dark morph bird and a pale morph bird drinking together at a waterhole.
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon (ssp niger)
Ian Fulton 6 March 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A male perched on an acacia tree.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp gabar)
Carmelo López 6 December 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult of the melanistic morph perched in a bush.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp gabar)
Martin Främke 28 March 2011 22 weeks ago 3.6 -
A melanic male, perched on an acacia tree.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp gabar)
Carmelo López 6 December 2010 2 years ago 3.3
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