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Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus

IUCN Red List history

Year Category
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency Does not normally occur in forest
Land mass type   Average mass -

Distribution

  Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) 13,100,000 medium
Number of locations -
Fragmentation -

Population & trend

  Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals poor Estimated 2009
Population trend Stable -
Number of subpopulations - - -
Largest subpopulation - - -
Generation length (yrs) 6.8 - - -
Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory distribution

Country/Territory Occurrence status Extinct Breeding Non-breeding Passage
Angola Native No      
Benin Native No      
Botswana Native No      
Burkina Faso Native No      
Burundi Native No      
Cameroon Native No      
Côte d'Ivoire Native No      
Central African Republic Native No      
Chad Native No      
Congo Native No      
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Native No      
Equatorial Guinea Native No      
Ethiopia Native No      
Gabon Native No      
Gambia Native No      
Ghana Native No      
Guinea Native No      
Guinea-Bissau Native No      
Kenya Native No      
Liberia Native No      
Malawi Native No      
Mali Native No      
Mozambique Native No      
Namibia Native No      
Niger Native No      
Nigeria Native No      
Rwanda Native No      
Senegal Native No      
Sierra Leone Native No      
Somalia Native No      
South Africa Native No      
South Sudan Native No      
Sudan Native No      
Swaziland Native No      
Tanzania Native No      
Togo Native No      
Uganda Native No      
Zambia Native No      
Zimbabwe Native No      

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable resident
Artificial/Terrestrial Rural Gardens suitable resident
Savanna Dry major resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Altitude 0 - 0 m Occasional altitudinal limits (max) 3000 m

Utilisation

Purpose Primary form used Life stage used Source Scale Level Timing
Pets Whole Adults and juveniles Wild International Non-trivial Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Kaupifalco monogrammicus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/05/2013. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/05/2013.

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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Key facts
Current IUCN Red List category Least Concern
Family Accipitridae (Osprey, kites, hawks and eagles)
Species name author (Temminck, 1824)
Population size mature individuals
Population trend Stable
Distribution size (breeding/resident) 13,100,000 km2
Country endemic? No
Links to further information
- Summary information on this species
- Climate change species distributions