African Hobby
Falco cuvieriiSmith, A, 1830
English (US) African Hobby
The African Hobby (Falco cuvierii) 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 Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Falco cuvierii
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Hobby
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco Cuvierii
- Described by
- Smith, A, 1830
- Type locality
- no locality = South Africa.
- Original description
- South African Quarterly Journal vol.1, no.4 p.392
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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