Aviceda madagascariensis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aviceda madagascariensis (Smith, 1834)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Smith, A. Descriptions of Trichophorus flaviventris, Halcyon Swainsonii, H. senegaloides, Edolius Ludwigii, lamportornis rufiventris, and a new saurian (Brachydactylus typicus) from Swan River . South African Quart. J. 2 (2): 143-144, 1834.

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aviceda

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. cuculoides (African Cuckoo-Falcon) · A. cuculoides batesi (Cameroon Cuckoo Hawk) · A. cuculoides cuculoides (African Cuckoo-Falcon) · A. cuculoides verreauxii (Great Lakes Cuckoo Hawk) · A. jerdoni (Asian Baza) · A. jerdoni jerdoni (Jerdon's Baza) · A. leuphotes (Black Baza) · A. leuphotes leuphotes (Black Baza) · A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Cuckoo-Falcon) · A. subcristata (Crested Hawk) · A. subcristata subcristata (Crested Hawk)

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Further Reading

• A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 85 1996 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. url p. 181, p. 310.
• A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url p. 192.
• A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey): comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution / London: Priv. print. for the author, 1922. url , .
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 195, p. 280.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 106, p. 108, p. 178.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 163, p. 70, p. 73.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 36.
• Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 113, p. 127, p. 142, p. 153, p. 155, p. 157, p. 159, p. 161, p. 164, p. 165, p. 170.
• Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 10.
• The birds of southeastern Madagascar / Steven M. Goodman. .. [et al.]. 87 1997 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1997. url table 1 , table 8 , p. 128, p. 29, p. 96.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 32, p. 32.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Aviceda madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8435
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175444
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13793231
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175444
• IUCN ID: 193726
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134133

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