Gabar Goshawk
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 Adult M. g. aequatorius
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| Melierax gabar (Daudin, 1800) |
The Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
This species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Micronisus.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Melierax gabar. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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