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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	18,000,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Stable		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	17.3	-	-	-

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Angola	N	Extant
Benin	N	Extant
Botswana	N	Extant
Burkina Faso	N	Extant
Burundi	N	Extant
Cameroon	N	Extant
Central African Republic	N	Extant
Chad	N	Extant
Congo	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant
Gabon	N	Extant
Gambia	N	Extant
Ghana	N	Extant
Guinea	N	Extant
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant
Kenya	N	Extant
Lesotho	V	Extant
Liberia	N	Extant
Malawi	N	Extant
Mali	N	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant
Namibia	N	Extant
Niger	N	Extant
Nigeria	N	Extant
Rwanda	N	Extant
Senegal	N	Extant
Sierra Leone	N	Extant
South Africa	N	Extant
South Sudan	N	Extant		Yes
Sudan	N	Extant
Tanzania	N	Extant
Togo	N	Extant
Uganda	N	Extant
Zambia	N	Extant
Zimbabwe	N	Extant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Côte d'Ivoire	Monogaga Classified Forest
Côte d'Ivoire	Dassioko Classified Forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1800 m

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Gypohierax angolensis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.