Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus - Milan des chauves-souris Alcin des chauves-souris
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Macheiramphus
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Species:
alcinus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 51 cm
- Wingspan: 95 à 120 cm.
- Weight: 600 à 650 g
Geographic range
Identification
Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Macheiramphus alcinus alcinus (Myanmar, Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi)
- Macheiramphus alcinus anderssoni (Africa south of the Sahara)
- Macheiramphus alcinus papuanus (e New Guinea)
Foreign names
- Milan des chauves-souris,
- Milano murcielaguero,
- gavião-morcegueiro,
- Fledermausadler,
- Vleermuiswouw,
- Nibbio dei pipistrelli,
- fladdermusvråk,
- Flaggermusglente,
- netopierar súmračný,
- luňák netopýří,
- Flagermusglente,
- lepakkohaukka,
- Vlermuisvalk,
- milà dels ratpenats,
- gackożer,
- Широкоротый коршун,
- Elang kelelawar,
- コウモリダカ,
- 食蝠鸢,
- เหยี่ยวค้างคาว,
- 蝠鳶,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Birds of the Gambia and Senegal, Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher, Tony Disley
- Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
- Newman's Birds of Southern Africa, Kenneth Newman
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
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- Anseriformes
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