The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Birds of Prey

Yeah, it is actually. It was labelled at the zoo as a Jerdon's Baza and I never thought to check it. So, my fault.

 

Cheers, both of you I'll fix that error now

 

Terathopius


Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south to northwest Namibia in the west and northeast South Africa and Swaziland in the east; largely absent from coastal West Africa and the Congo Basin, and the Horn of Africa. A disjunct population exists in the southwest Arabian Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive


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Pithecophaga


Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

The range of this species extends throughout the northern and eastern Philippines, primarily in eastern Luzon, Samar and Mindanao.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur


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Circaetus


Short-toed Snake-eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southern Europe and northwest Africa, through the Mediterranean into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Middle East, north from the Balkans into eastern Europe and western Russiaf, patchily south into the Arabian Peninsula, and east into Central Asia, northern China and Mongolia; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa; resident populations exist in the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayan foothills.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




Beaudouin's Snake-eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to southwest Sudan and western South Sudan in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Cape in the south, and from here northwest as far as southern Gabon and western DRC; populations in southern South Africa are non-breeding winter visitors.

Monotypic.

Photo by @robmv




Brown Snake-eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south from here to northern Namibia in the west, and northeast South Africa and Swaziland in the east; absent from much of the Congo Basin and the Horn of Africa, and only patchily distributed throughout the northeast of this range.

Monotypic.

Photo by @lintworm




Southern Banded Snake-eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal eastern Africa from southern Somalia in the north to central Mozambique in the south, with a disjunct population in southern Mozambique and adjacent eastern South Africa.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Vision




Western Banded Snake-eagle (Circaetus cinerascens)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of western and central Africa, from Senegal in the west to western Ethiopia in the east, south from here through western Kenya, Uganda and the eastern DRC to Zambia, Zimbabwe and western Mozambique, and west to northwest Namibia; largely absent from the Congo Basin.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Sarcogyps


Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

The range of this species extends throughout central and northern India and Nepal, and into adjacent southern Bangladesh; disjunct populations exist in eastern Myanmar and adjacent southern China, and in southeast Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Malayan Tapir


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Trigonoceps


White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south to northern Namibia in the west, and northeast South Africa and Swaziland in the east; largely absent from the Congo Basin and adjacent areas of central Africa.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive


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Necrosyrtes


Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south from here to northern Namibia in the west and southern Mozambique and adjacent northeast South Africa in the east; absent from the Congo Basin and Horn of Africa, and only patchily present in much of eastern Africa.

Two subspecies recognised:

N. m. monachus
N. m. pileatus

Photo by @ro6ca66


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Gyps


Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the highlands of central and south-central Asia, from the Altai Mountains and Tien Shan south to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern Pakistan, east from here throughout the Himalayas to northeast Myanmar and adjacent southern China, and north into central and north-central China.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Deer Forest




White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

The range of this species extends in a fragmented and much-depopulated distribution throughout much of southern Asia, from eastern Pakistan in the west, through India and Nepal to Myanmar and southern China in the east; disjunct populations extend patchily to the west in Afghanistan and Iran, and to the south into Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant




White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south from here to northern Namibia in the west and northern and eastern South Africa in the east; absent from the Congo Basin and Horn of Africa.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando




Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus)

The range of this species extends from southeast Pakistan into western, southwest and central Peninsular India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas, from northwest India in the west, through Nepal and north-central India to northeast India, Bhutan and northern Myanmar in the east, and south from here throughout eastern Myanmar; a disjunct population exists in southeast Indochina. Formerly extended much more widely throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southern Africa, from southeast Botswana and southern Zimbabwe in the north, through southern Mozambique, Swaziland and northeast South Africa to Lesotho and southeast South Africa; a disjunct population exists in the Western Cape.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Sahel and adjacent areas of sub-Saharan Africa, from southwest Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Ethiopia and northern Somalia in the east, and south from here into northeast DRC and northern Tanzania.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. r. rueppelli - photo by @ro6ca66



G. r. erlangeri - photo by @Maguari




Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

The resident breeding range of this species extends patchily from the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa, throughout the Mediterranean into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Arabian Peninsula, and from here into Central Asia and the southern foothills of the Himalayas as far east as northeast India. Wintering populations occur in the northern Sahel of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. f. fulvus - photo by @Merintia



G. f. fulvescens

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Aegypius


Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)

The range of this species extends in a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution throughout the southern Palearctic, from the Iberian Peninsula and southeast France in the west, through the Balkans and Asia Minor into the Caucasus and central Asia, extending northeast from here through Tien Shan into south-central Siberia, Mongolia and north-central China. Wintering populations extend patchily throughout Asia Minor, the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula, and into the northern Indian Subcontinent and southern foothills of the Himalayas. A disjunct wintering population exists in northeast China and the Korean Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura


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Torgos


Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)

The range of this species extends in a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Ethiopia and Somalia in the east, south from here to northern South Africa, and north into southeast Egypt, Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula. Absent from much of the Congo Basin and adjacent areas of central Africa.

Three subspecies recognised:

T. t. tracheliotos - photo by @Hix



T. t. nubicus - photo by @Bwassa



T. t. negevensis - photo by @alexkant


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Macheiramphus


Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)

The range of this species comprises a pair of widely-disjunct populations; throughout sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Somalia in the east, south to northern Namibia in the west and northeast South Africa in the east, and into Madagascar; and from southwest Indochina into the Malay Peninsula, the Greater Sundas and New Guinea.

Three subspecies recognised:

M. a. anderssoni
M. a. alcinus - photo by @LaughingDove



M. a. papuanus
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Harpyopsis


Papuan Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae)

Endemic to New Guinea.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Pedro


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Morphnus


Guiana Crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Panama, and from here into much of South America east of the Andes as far south as northeast Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil.

Monotypic.

Photo by @jayjds2


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Harpia


Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America from southern Mexico to Panama, and from here into much of South America east of the Andes as far south as northeast Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil; largely absent from northern Colombia and Venezuela.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek


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Stephanoaetus


Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)

The range of this species extends patchily from Senegal in the west, through coastal West Africa into the Congo Basin and central Africa, to southern Kenya and Tanzania in the east, and south from here to southeast South Africa; a disjunct population exists in central and western Ethiopia and adjacent eastern South Sudan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive


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Nisaetus


Mountain Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

The range of this species comprises a pair of disjunct populations; from northeast Pakistan in the west, through the Himalayas of India, Nepal and Bhutan into southern and southeastern China and Taiwan in the east, and from here throughout the Ryukyu Islands into Japan; and throughout the Western Ghats of southwest India into Sri Lanka.

Three subspecies recognised:

N. n. orientalis - photo by @devilfish



N. n. nipalensis - photo by @Chlidonias



N. n. kelaarti


Javan Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi)

Endemic to Java.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Vision




Wallace's Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nanus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo.

Two subspecies recognised:

N. n. nanus - photo by @LaughingDove



N. n. stresemanni


Blyth's Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus alboniger)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the southern Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and north-central Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Sulawesi Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus)

The range of this species is restricted to Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands, along with the Banggai and Sula Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


North Philippine Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus philippensis)

The range of this species is restricted to Luzon and probably Mindoro in the northern Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish




South Philippine Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus pinskeri)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern and central Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish




Changeable Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Asia, from southern and central India and Sri Lanka in the west, through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, into the Greater Sundas and southwest Philippines in the east.

Five subspecies recognised:

N. c. cirrhatus
N. c. ceylanensis - photo by @ralph



N. c. andamanensis
N. c. limnaeetus - photo by @Hix



N. c. vanheurni


Flores Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus floris)

The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Sundas from Lombok in the west to Pulau Alor in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.

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Lophotriorchis


Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii)

The range of this species extends from the Himalayas of Nepal and north-central India into Bhutan, northeast India and northern Myanmar, and from here throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater Sundas, Philippines and western Lesser Sundas, and east into Hainan; a disjunct population exists in the Western Ghats of southwest India and Sri Lanka.

Two subspecies recognised:

L. k. kienerii
L. k. formosus - photo by @Nick@Amsterdam


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