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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Chien Lee, all rights reserved

  • Bat Hawk, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Niels Poul Dreyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Maceiramphus_alcinus.jpg, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Bat Hawk, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Phuwarin Suchartbunmak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Bat Hawk, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

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

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Johan van Rensburg, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Bat Hawk

Macheiramphus alcinus

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Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a raptor found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea. It is named for its diet, which consists mainly of bats. It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld.

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