Aviceda subcristata

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

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 88 meters (290 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     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   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aviceda subcristata (Gould, 1838)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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 synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey): comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution / by H. Kirke Swann. London: Wheldon & Wesley, [1921]-1922. url p. 171, p. 173.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 331, p. 487.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 281, p. 283.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 108, p. 136.
• 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. 109, p. 183, p. 73.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 36.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 21 2001 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 139.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 312, p. 411.
• Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 13.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 107 1948 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url fig. 3, p. 7.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 32, p. 33.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Aviceda subcristata. 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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8437
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175445
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175445
• IUCN ID: 193727
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134134

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 751.110 based on 22 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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