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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 292 g
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The adult Madagascar cuckoo-hawk has dark brown upperparts which are paler on the head and an off white rump. The underparts are white with the breast and upper breast and sides of the lower breast are heavily streaked with brown, these streaks becoming finer on the flanks, The tail has two narrow, pale bars and a pale tip. The underwing coverts are heavily barred with brown while the flight feathers have broad dark bands on their underside. At rest there is a short crest which projects from the rear crown.
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When to see the Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
The Madagascar cuckoo-hawk, also known as the Madagascar baza or the Madagascan cuckoo falcon, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
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Easily confused with
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoidesThe African cuckoo-hawk weighs 220–296 grams (0.48–0.65 lb) and has a wingspan of 91 cm (35 inches).
Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniIt is about 41–48 cm long with a wingspan of 117 cm (46 in).
Black BazaAviceda leuphotesThe black baza is a small and distinctively coloured raptor; it ranges from 30 to 35 cm in length, a 66 to 80 cm wingspan and a weight of 168 to 224 g.
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