Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Gabar Goshawk

Micronisus gabar

The Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) is a 170 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

170 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Gambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Angola, Benin, eSwatini, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Niger, Mali, Sudan.

Where to see it: SIL Centre (Chad); Department of Agriculture's Gezira Research Station (Sudan); Malakal POC, Upper Nile, SS (South Sudan); Sanbrado (Burkina Faso); National Park Bamako (Mali).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist