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;[[:Category:Aviceda|Aviceda]] cuculoides | ;[[:Category:Aviceda|Aviceda]] cuculoides | ||
[[Image:African_Baza.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by GarethH<br />Seringveld, Gauteng, South Africa]] | [[Image:African_Baza.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by GarethH<br />Seringveld, Gauteng, South Africa]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 40 cms. Brown head, black bill, blue-grey throat, yellow legs, brown back and brown eyes. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]. Breeds from [[Gambia]] and southern [[Senegal]] east to south-east [[Sudan]], south-west [[Ethiopia]] and southern [[Kenya]] and south to southern [[Angola]] in the west and eastern [[South Africa]] in the east. | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]. Breeds from [[Gambia]] and southern [[Senegal]] east to south-east [[Sudan]], south-west [[Ethiopia]] and southern [[Kenya]] and south to southern [[Angola]] in the west and eastern [[South Africa]] in the east. | ||
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Forest, woodland and secondary-growth, usually stays within dense cover except in display flight above forest. | Forest, woodland and secondary-growth, usually stays within dense cover except in display flight above forest. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects, especially grasshoppers, also small snakes, lizards, birds and rodents. | ||
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| + | Nesting takes place from September to February. The nest is a platform of leafy twigs, built by both sexes. 2 chalky-white eggs with reddish-brown blotches are laid and are incubated by both sexes or just the female, for 32-33 days. The young are fed by both parents and fledge after about a month. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Aviceda+cuculoides}} | {{GSearch|Aviceda+cuculoides}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aviceda]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aviceda]] | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 3 October 2008
Alternative Names: African Baza, African Cuckoo Falcon
- Aviceda cuculoides
Identification
40 cms. Brown head, black bill, blue-grey throat, yellow legs, brown back and brown eyes.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa. Breeds from Gambia and southern Senegal east to south-east Sudan, south-west Ethiopia and southern Kenya and south to southern Angola in the west and eastern South Africa in the east.
Mainly resident but a partial-migrant in the east and south. In coastal East Africa occurs mainly June-December.
Taxonomy
Three or four subspecies recognised: The nominate race is found from Senegal to Nigeria and Ethiopia to northern Zaire, darker and more heavily barred A. c. batesi from Sierra Leone to western Zaire and A. c. verreauxi, larger, with white bars on chestnut underwing, from Angola to Kenya and south to South Africa. Birds from north-east Zaire are sometimes separated as A. c. emini.
Habitat
Forest, woodland and secondary-growth, usually stays within dense cover except in display flight above forest.
Behaviour
Solitary and skulking.
The diet includes insects, especially grasshoppers, also small snakes, lizards, birds and rodents.
Nesting takes place from September to February. The nest is a platform of leafy twigs, built by both sexes. 2 chalky-white eggs with reddish-brown blotches are laid and are incubated by both sexes or just the female, for 32-33 days. The young are fed by both parents and fledge after about a month.
