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  • African Harrier-Hawk, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Asrat Ayalew Gella, all rights reserved

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) pam_ellenberger_kleiman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) David Bygott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Arno Meintjes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) suemarsden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Worldwide
5,402 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The African harrier-hawk, harrier hawk, or gymnogene (Polyboroides typus) is a bird of prey. It is about 60–66 cm in length, and is related to the harriers. It breeds in most of Africa south of the Sahara. The only other member of the genus is the allopatric Madagascan harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus).

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