Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus(Daudin, FM, 1800)
English (US) Bateleur
The Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) 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: savanna and thornscrub of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Terathopius ecaudatus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Bateleur
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco ecaudatus
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
- Type locality
- 'pays d'Auteniquoi' = Knysna district, Cape Province, fide W. L. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Avium Ethiopicarum, p. 64.
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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