Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Shikra
Shikra Accipiter badius
Described by: Gmelin (1788)
Alternate common name(s): Little Banded Goshawk, Southern Shikra, Northern Shikra
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
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Range
Unforested Africa s. of Sahara; Ex. se. Europe to se. Asia;
Two populations;
(1) Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, s. Mali, s. Niger, s. Chad, s. and c. Sudan to Ethiopia, Somalia and sw. Arabia and s. to the Cameroon, Central African Republic, n. and ne. Zaire, Uganda and n. Tanzania.
(2) S. Zaire, Rwanda and s. Tanzania s. to ne. Namibia, Botswana to ne. South Africa (Transvaal, Swaziland, n. Natal).
(3) S. Russia from s. Ukraine e. to the s. Ural Mountains, Caucasus and Transcaucasus in Azerbaijan n. to Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and n. Iran and Afghanistan to w. China (sw. Sinkiang) and nw. India.
Winters s. to Pakistan, India and se. Asia including Sumatra.
(4) Himalayas, n. and c. India to Bangladesh.
(5) Sw. India and Sri Lanka.
(6) Ne. India (Assam) to s. China (s. Yunnan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and s. Fukien) s. to Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan and Taiwan.
Videos
No videos are available for this species
Sounds
No sounds are available for this species
References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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