Scott,
actually, they do range up to East Africa and the Rift
Valley. I saw one in 1996 in Tanzania. I found some
web pages that list its range, it does make it into
Nigeria.
They are REALLY cool birds! Fantastic to watch them
forage!
Guy

>From a Web Page:
Range
This bird is most frequently seen by the forested and
savannah areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Its prime range
is from Abyssinia south to the Zambesi River and West
to The Gambia.
It is uncommon in the plains or the thornbush areas.
In these kinds of terrain, it is likely to be seen
only in the forested areas close to river systems and
in areas with annual rainfall in excess of 20 inches
(50 cm)

>From another page:
Country Distribution: Polyboroides typus is found in
the following countries:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Cte d'Ivoire,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South
Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, United Republic
of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

--- Scott R a y <mryakima at gmail.com> wrote:

> The bird strike photo was shot in Nigeria, well
> north (I think) of
> Gymnogene range.
>
> Scott R a y
> Yakima
>
> On 3/1/07, Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Nice ID Rachel !!!
> > See the attached link for a nice picture! Looks
> good
> > to me!
> > Must have been right during take-off or landing,
> > because I do not think these guys soar very much!!
> > Guy
> >
> >
>
http://www.safaricamlive.com/Encyclopedia/birds/Gymnogene/Gymnogene%20Info.htm
> > --- Rachel <RachelWL at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I'd say African Harrier Hawk, also called
> Gymnogene.
> > >
> > > Rachel Lawson
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> > > Subject: [Tweeters] Can you ID this bird?
> > >
> > >
> > > Looks like some sort of Chanting Goshawk to
> me...
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00079790
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