Bat Hawk

The Bat Hawk is a slender, medium-sized bird of prey, usually about 45 cm long. It has long wings and a falconine silhouette. Adults are dark brown or black, with a white patch on the throat and chest, and have a white streak above and below each eye. Juveniles are mottled brown and have more white plumage than adults.

The Bat Hawk is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

the Bat Hawk (Machaeramphus alcinus) of Africa and New Guinea appear to be the exceptions to this generalization – although the Bat Falcon will take non-chiropteran prey, the Bat Hawk appears to feed only on bats. In South America bats will eat other bats, and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in North America are known to eat bats. More

Bat Hawk: Predator of bats - Posted by BESG on 4 October 07, Thursday Contributed by YC hawk-bat-kc-yian.jpg The Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a raptor found in the sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Malay Peninsular, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea. The bird is a rare visitor to Singapore. This is a fairly large black hawk with a distinct crest (left). More

Bat Hawk is supposed to be a rare non-breeding visitor. This post is a cooperative effort between NaturePixels.org and BESG to bring the study of bird behaviour through photography to a wider audience. Related Posts: * Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher catches a prawn Johnny Wee was at Singapore’s Lower Peirce Reservoir on... More

* The Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a raptor found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea. It is named for its diet, which consists mainly of bats. It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld. More

Bat Hawk at Cape Vidal, Northern Natal, South Africa Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3. More

which include the bat hawk, which is crepuscular, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Vespertilionidae.html ADW: Vespertilionidae: Information: These bats are primarily insectivorous, and most hawk insects in flight, often using http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/TOCs/c7147.html Table of Contents for van Perlo, B.: Birds of Eastern Africa.: ...and Marabou 9 Ibises, Flamingos and Spoonbills 10 Ducks and Geese 11 Ducks 12 Raptors http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/TOCs/c7148.html Table of Contents for van Perlo, B.: Birds of Southern Africa. More

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The bat hawk typically spends the day perched sedately in a tall tree, becoming active for short periods around dusk, and occasionally at dawn, in synchrony with the peak activity of its main prey. Leaving the perch at twilight, this unconventional raptor will patrol open areas where bats are emerging from their roosts or feeding over lakes and rivers (2). The bat hawk hunts on the wing, using its large eyes to pierce the fading light in all directions for a target. More

The bat hawk has a widespread distribution that includes Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and much of sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar (2) (6). - Found in a range of habitats wherever there are large numbers of bats, from tropical forest through to open areas near caves (2) (6). More

The Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a raptor found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea. It is named for its diet, which consists mainly of bats. It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld. Description The Bat Hawk is a slender, medium-sized bird of prey, usually about 45 cm long. It has long wings and a falconine silhouette. More

Distribution of Bat hawk in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More

The Bat Hawk subsists on a diet composed mainly of bats, swallows, swifts and swiftlets, supplemented occasionally with other small birds and some insects. All prey is taken on the wing at high speed. It never descends to the ground for prey, but will relentlessly pursue its quarry into buildings. More

Bat Hawks Nest On Artificial Platform But No Fledglings Emerge = By Melissa Wray In Greater Tzaneen Area An arrow, some fishing twine, a modified braai grid and a mountaineer have all teamed up to help a pair of rare birds breed in the wild. More

The Bat Hawk, as its name suggests, is a raptor which specialises in hunting bats. It is uncommon and mostly crepuscular, roosting in thick foliage during the day. This bird surprised us early one morning when we were out searching for the Pel's Fishing Owl in the woods by Shakawe Lodge. It perched for a minute or so on one of the big trees then was gone. IMG_3485b.jpg IMG_3487b.jpg IMG_3490b.jpg IMG_3493b. More

bat hawk kruger national park birds The Bat Hawk (Latin name Macheiramphus alcinus) is described in Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th Edition. This bird has a unique Roberts number of 129 and you will find a full description of this bird on page 447 also a picture of the Bat Hawk on page 480. The Bat Hawk belongs to the family of birds classified as Accipitridae. More