Black Baza

Order - Accipitriformes
Family - Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Black Baza

Aviceda leuphotes

黑冠鹃隼 (hēi-guān juān-zhǔn)

    Malay : Helang-Gerigi Hitam

    Japanese : クロカッコウハヤブサ (kuro kakkō-hayabusa)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黒郭公隼

    Size : 28–35 cm; 168–224 g; Wingspan 64–80 cm

                 

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Aviceda leuphotes wolfei (Deignan, 1948)
  – Sichuan (C China).
• Aviceda leuphotes syama (Hodgson, 1837)
  – N India (Uttarakhand) E to SE China (Guangdong, Hainan), probably also S Myanmar and W Thailand; this race postulated to be breeding in Laos and presumably responsible also for recent summer (Jun) record in Bhutan; winters S through Thailand and Malay Peninsula to W Java.
• Aviceda leuphotes leuphotes (Dumont de Sainte Croix, 1820)
  – SW India and Sri Lanka (but breeding reports questionable), possibly S Myanmar and W Thailand; may breed also in parts of Indochina.
• Aviceda leuphotes andamanica (Abdulali & Grubh, 1970)
  – South Andaman (Andaman Is).

Aviceda leuphotes ssp. syama
Date : 22 February 2020

Location : Taman Golf, Ipoh, Daerah Kinta, Perak