Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hamerkop :: Hamerkop

Hamerkop Scopus umbretta

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Hammerhead, Hammerkop
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - Dec, 2005 © Tom Tarrant  Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa - 1997 © Kees Bakker  Mbwamba Swamps, near Entebbe, Uganda - Feb 27, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Mbwamba Swamps, near Entebbe, Uganda - Feb 27, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Mbwamba Swamps, near Entebbe, Uganda - Feb 27, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara; Madagascar;
Two populations;
(1) S. Mauritania, Senegambia, c. Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, n. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, c. Chad, Central African Republic, c. Sudan, n. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, sw. Saudi Arabia, n. Yemen, Kenya (Athi River, Nairobi National Park, Amboseli), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia to s. South Africa and Madagascar.
(2) Coastal areas from Sierra Leone to e. Nigreia and w. Cameroon.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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