Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae)
- Order
- Accipitriformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Bat hawk
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
