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ForestPlatform nestLarge · 650 g
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The bat hawk is a slender, medium-sized bird of prey, 45 cm long and weighing 600–650 grams. It has long wings and a falcon-like silhouette while in flight. Adults are dark brown or black, with a white patch on the throat and chest, and have a white streak above and below each eye. Juveniles are mottled brown and have more white plumage than adults.
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When to see the Bat Hawk
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bat Hawk
The map shades 32 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Eswatini, Togo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau.
About the Bat Hawk
The bat hawk 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. It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld.
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Easily confused with
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanusWallace's hawk-eagle is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Philippine Serpent EagleSpilornis holospilusThe Philippine serpent eagle is an eagle found in the major islands of the Philippines.
Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatusThe slender-billed kite is a slaty gray kite with broad, rounded wings and a short, square tail.
Side by side: Bat Hawk vs Slender-billed Kite
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