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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
K. monogrammicus in The Gambia, December 2021
The lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus), or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only species placed in the genus Kaupifalco. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its name, it may be more closely related to the Accipiter hawks than the Buteo buzzards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lizard Buzzard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.