Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Falcons and Caracaras :: African Hobby

African Hobby Falco cuvierii

Described by: Smith, A. (1830)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Falco cuvieri

Photographs

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda - Jan, 2006 © Tom Tarrant 
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Range

Open regions of Africa s. of the Sahara;
Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, s. Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Central African Republic, Chad, se. Sudan, w. and c. Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya (Lake Victoria Basin), Tanzania, Angola s. to n. Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and se. South Africa (e. Transvaal, Natal and e. Cape Province).

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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