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Bat hawk
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2] It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld.
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Bat hawk | |
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Bat hawk at Cape Vidal, northern Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Macheiramphus Bonaparte, 1850 |
Species: | M. alcinus |
Binomial name | |
Macheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte, 1850 | |
Subspecies | |
M. a. anderssoni
M. a. alcinus
M. a. papuanus | |
Synonyms | |
Machaerhamphus alcinus Westerman, 1851 |
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