Ayres's Hawk-eagle

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Ayres's Hawk-eagle

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Hieraaetus
Species: H. ayresii
Binomial name
Hieraaetus ayresii
Gurney, 1862
Juvenile in flight
Juvenile in flight

The Ayres's Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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