A. Smith, 1829
Polyboroides is a genus of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This genus has two recognized species found in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The two species are allopatric and restricted to the Afrotropic ecozone. They are generally known as harrier-hawks.
- African harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus (Scopoli, 1786) - Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Madagascan harrier-hawk, Polyboroides radiatus Smith, 1829 - Madagascar.
- Clements, J. F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition. Cornell University Press. Downloadable from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- "Polyboroides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- BirdLife International (2009). "Polyboroides typus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- BirdLife International (2009). "Polyboroides radiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
|Wikispecies has information related to: Polyboroides|
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polyboroides.|
|This Falconiformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|