African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusPolyboroides (Harrier-Hawks)
- SpeciesPolyboroides typus (African Harrier-Hawk)
The African harrier-hawk, harrier hawk or gymnogene (Polyboroides typus) is a bird of prey. It is about 60–66 centimetres (24–26 in) in length. It breeds in most of Africa south of the Sahara. The only other member of the genus is the allopatric Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Awash National Park
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Short-toed Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Ruppell's griffon
Gyps rueppellii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of African Harrier-Hawk at Awash National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there