Gabar Goshawk
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Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae

[Photo] Gabar Goshawk, Micronisius gabar aequatorius, Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya. Date June 25, 2007. Author Jerry Friedman (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JerryFriedman).

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The Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

This species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Micronisus.

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