Where does the African Harrier-Hawk live?
Polyboroides typus has 107,552 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.
- 107,552 records
- 45 places
- 112 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaePolyboroides
When it is recorded
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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 52,319 | |
| Kenya | 9,964 | |
| Uganda | 8,439 | |
| Gambia | 6,261 | |
| Ghana | 4,666 | |
| Tanzania | 3,870 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2,489 | |
| Nigeria | 2,208 | |
| Zambia | 1,902 | |
| Rwanda | 1,760 | |
| Botswana | 1,546 | |
| Namibia | 1,523 | |
| Senegal | 1,456 | |
| Ethiopia | 1,455 | |
| Mozambique | 961 | |
| Cameroon | 920 | |
| Malawi | 646 | |
| Eswatini | 587 | |
| Liberia | 571 | |
| Angola | 513 | |
| Gabon | 421 | |
| DR Congo | 409 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 394 | |
| Sierra Leone | 354 | |
| Benin | 350 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 290 | |
| Congo | 247 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 241 | |
| Guinea | 214 | |
| Lesotho | 169 | |
| Central African Republic | 105 | |
| Chad | 88 | |
| Togo | 64 | |
| Burundi | 51 | |
| Burkina Faso | 26 | |
| South Sudan | 23 | |
| Niger | 19 | |
| Mali | 8 | |
| Sudan | 8 | |
| Mauritania | 6 |
Showing the top 40 of 45 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Accipitridae.
Red-tailed Hawk
12,453,989 records
Bald Eagle
7,794,263 records
Common Buzzard
7,541,433 records
Hen Harrier
5,090,488 records
Red-shouldered/Broad-winged Hawk
5,068,701 records
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
3,359,616 records
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
2,938,262 records
Black Kite
2,793,592 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.