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English Shikra
Scientific (Accipiter badius)
Order ACCIPITRIFORMES
Family (Latin) Accipitridae
Family (English) Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Other name(s) Epervier shikra
Breeding Regions AF, OR
Breeding Range Subregions widespread, also s PAL
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Angola,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Benin,Bhutan,Botswana,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cambodia, Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,China,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo,Djibouti,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Ethiopia, Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Lesotho,Liberia,Malawi,Malaysia,Mali, Mauritania,Mongolia,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,Niger,Nigeria,Pakistan,Russia, Rwanda,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Sierra Leone,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Swaziland, Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates(I),Uzbekistan,Vietnam, Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
sphenurus Senegal and Gambia to sw Arabia s to n Tanzania and n DR Congo
polyzonoides s DR Congo and s Tanzania to South Africa
cenchroides Caucasus to c Asia and nw India
dussumieri c India and Bangladesh
poliopsis n India to s China, Indochina and n Sumatra
badius sw India and Sri Lanka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
German Schikrasperber
French Épervier shikra
Chinese 褐耳鹰
Japanese タカサゴダカ
Russian Тювик
Spanish Gavilán chikra
Portuguese gavião-chicra
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)