Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda madagascariensis(Smith, A, 1834)
English (US) Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
The Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: woodland and scrub of MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aviceda madagascariensis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pernis Madagascariensis
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1834)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- South African Quarterly Journal vol.2, no.3, pt.2 p.285
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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