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African harrier-hawk
African harrier-hawk
(Polyboroides typus)
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Also known as:
banded harrier-hawk, African gymnogene, gymnogene, banded gymnogene
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Polyboroides
(1)
Size
Length: 65 cm
(2)
Weight
500 - 950 g
(2)
(3)
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(4)
.
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