African Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda cuculoides) - HBW 2, p. 107
French: Baza coucou German: Kuckucksweih Spanish: Baza Africano
Other common names: (African) Cuckoo-falcon, African Baza
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.
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.
Source: The Internet Bird Collection
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