#aviceda leuphotes

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Black Baza

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Common name: Black Baza

Scientific name: Aviceda leuphotes

Can be found in: Forests of Northeast India, the eastern Himalayas, China and Southeast Asia

Info: the Black Baza is a bird of prey that mainly feeds on insects, either in the air or picking them off of plants. In the air, they use the method of hawking, flying off of a perch to grab a bug, then perching in the same spot or somewhere else. If they pick bugs off of plants, the feet are always used. They are found in dense forest and often hang out in groups. Black Bazas have also been seen trying to capture other birds (like Wagtails [Motacilla] ) by going into their flocks.

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Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Maharashtra, India

A small raptor that is highly migratory

Mainly feeds on insects, but will also eat smaller birds and palm fruit

Photo by Shrikrishna Magdum

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Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) © Valeria Pellicer

It hatches from black, distinctive, large, open, overall, rusty, slender, social, squeaky, thick, and white eggs.

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July 9, 2016 - Black Baza, Black-crested Baza, Indian Black-crested Baza, or Lizard-hawk (Aviceda leuphotes)

These bazas are found in evergreen and deciduous tropical forests in parts of South and Southeast Asia and southern China. They hunt insects, lizards, and tree-frogs, usually from perches, often catching their flying prey in the air. Females lay two or three eggs in bulky nests 60 to 68 feet (18-21 meters) from the ground.