Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Hieraaetus ayresii (Gurney, 1862) Family: Accipitridae Order: Falconiformes Back
Ayres's hawk-eagle Fleckenadler Aigle d'Ayres Įguila-azor de Ayres
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: nomadising

Hieraaetus ayresii

In the rainy season (Nov-Apr) moves out of denser and taller deciduous woodlands of C Africa into more open tree savanna further S, and probably into coastal E Africa; spring foliage turns woodland into forest and tree savanna into woodland. May then enter towns in S Africa to prey mainly on doves and feral pigeons. Similar N- S movements expected in W Africa, where species recorded (uncertainly) W to Senegambia.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa
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(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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