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Where does the Bateleur live?

Terathopius ecaudatus has 122,129 records in 52 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Bateleur
Bateleur — Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeTerathopius

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

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 59,258
Kenya 14,514
Tanzania 10,397
Uganda 7,776
Botswana 7,174
Namibia 5,815
Zimbabwe 3,955
Zambia 3,355
Mozambique 1,876
Ghana 1,664
Gambia 977
Ethiopia 903
Malawi 835
Rwanda 783
Senegal 764
Eswatini 576
DR Congo 281
Angola 261
Benin 145
Cameroon 128
Israel 122
Nigeria 104
Chad 98
Central African Republic 60
Burkina Faso 47
Niger 45
Côte d'Ivoire 36
South Sudan 35
Guinea-Bissau 22
Türkiye 21
Gabon 15
Mali 14
Guinea 11
Congo 9
Georgia 9
Togo 9
Sudan 8
Spain 4
Somalia 4
Burundi 3

Showing the top 40 of 52 places.

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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.