Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusMacheiramphus
- SpeciesMacheiramphus alcinus (Bat Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
Crested Serpent Eagle
Spilornis cheela
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus nanus
White-Bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
Jerdon's Baza
Aviceda jerdoni
Crested Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus cirrhatus
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Lophotriorchis kienerii
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus alboniger
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bat Hawk in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Bat Hawk sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 383 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bat Hawk in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
June has the highest sighting rate for Bat Hawk in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.