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Accipiter melanoleucus melanoleucus |
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Astur melanoleucus |
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Epervier pie |
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Black Sparrowhawk |
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| Nkumbinkumbi (Kiluba); Kabemba (Kisonge); Kabemba ka Mvile (Tshiluba); hawk, eagle = chisandankanga (Lunda) | |
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It is the largest katangese sparrowhawk. Upperparts and top of head are black, underparts is white with brown spots. |
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Quite common in the katangese miombo. |
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This bird of prey feeds mainly on birds it hunts in froest's edges. Hardly ever seen in open areas.
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Sedentary, nests in Katanga at the end of the dry season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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