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| Butastur rufipennis |
(Sundevall, 1851) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Grasshopper buzzard |
Busautour des sauterelles |
Busardo langostero |
Heuschreckenteesa |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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A widespread and common intra-African sub-Saharan migrant, moving across22 of latitude, S to the border of
Guinea woodland and forest during the Oct-Mar dry season, when fires and grazing reduce cover, then departing
N with first heavy rains to breed in semi-arid steppe during Mar-Sept. Also non-breeding migrant to E Africa,
moving N through Taru Desert of lowland Kenya in Jan-Mar, and through NW Somalia in Sept-Oct. Well
studied only on non-breeding range of W Africa. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |