| Bat hawk | |
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| Bat hawk at Cape Vidal, northern Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Macheiramphus Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | M. alcinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Macheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte, 1850
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| Subspecies | |
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M. a. anderssoni
M. a. alcinus
M. a. papuanus
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| Synonyms | |
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Machaerhamphus alcinus Westerman, 1851 | |
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.[2] It requires open space in which to hunt, but will live anywhere from dense rainforest to semi-arid veld.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Macheiramphus alcinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695021A93485278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695021A93485278.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Mikula, P., Morelli, F., Lučan, R. K., Jones, D. N., & Tryjanowski, P. (2016). Bats as prey of diurnal birds: a global perspective. Mammal Review.