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Black baza

Aviceda leuphotes (Dumont, 1820)

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The black baza (Aviceda leuphotes) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 194 g to 196 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
Photo: NatureAtYourBackyard, Flickr User · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black baza

Weight
194 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
64 cm – 80 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the black baza?

BLACK BAZA · WINGSPAN 80 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 80 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the black baza is about 47% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the black baza live?

Not recorded

What is the black baza?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black baza (Aviceda leuphotes) is a small bird of prey found in the forests of Northeast India, the eastern Himalayas, China and Southeast Asia. Many populations are migratory, including those in the Indian region, which winter in the south of the Peninsula and Sri Lanka. Black bazas have short, stout legs and feet with strong talons, and a prominent crest. They are found in dense forest, often in small groups, and can often be found perched on bare branches of tall trees rising above the forest canopy.

From the Wikipedia article “Black baza” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_baza&oldid=1376814466), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black baza endangered?

The black baza is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the black baza classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusAviceda
  7. SpeciesAviceda leuphotes (Dumont, 1820)

Synonyms Baza lophotes burmana, Baza lophotes melli, Falco leuphotes

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • باز أسودArabic
  • Qara kəkilli çalağanAzerbaijani
  • Baza duBreton
  • baza negreCatalan
  • Aviceda leuphotesCatalan
  • aviceda černáCzech
  • luňákovec černýCzech
  • Sort BazaDanish
  • DreifarbweihGerman
  • DreifarbenweihGerman
  • DreifarbenweiheGerman
  • nigra kukolagloEsperanto
  • Baza NegraSpanish
  • Baza negroSpanish
  • must-tutthaugasEstonian
  • kirjotöyhtöhaukkaFinnish
  • Baza huppardFrench
  • háromszínű kakukkhéjaHungarian
  • Baza hitamIndonesian
  • Baza neroItalian
  • クロカッコウハヤブサJapanese
  • 검은댕기수리Korean
  • 검은뿔작은매Korean
  • juodasis kuoduotasis vanagasLithuanian
  • പ്രാപ്പരുന്ത്Malayalam
  • കിന്നരി പ്രാപ്പരുന്ത്Malayalam
  • Burung Lang Baza HitamMalay
  • कालो जुरेबाजNepali
  • Zwarte KoekoekswouwDutch
  • svartbazaNorwegian
  • czubak czarnyPolish
  • کالا بازاWestern Panjabi
  • Baza-negroPortuguese
  • baza-pretoPortuguese
  • gavião-cuco-pretoPortuguese
  • Чёрная базаRussian
  • kochláč strakatýSlovak
  • Crna bazaSerbian
  • கரும் குயிற்பாறுTamil
  • கருங்கொண்டை வல்லூறுTamil
  • เหยี่ยวกิ้งก่าสีดำThai
  • Kara bazaTurkish
  • Siyah BazaTurkish
  • шуляк чорнийUkrainian
  • Diều màoVietnamese
  • 黑冠鵑隼Chinese
  • 黑冠鹃隼Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black baza

Other species in the same genus Aviceda.

LC, Least Concern
Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific baza

Aviceda subcristata

Accipitridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black baza?

An adult black baza weighs 194 g and has a wingspan of 64 cm – 80 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black baza endangered?

The black baza is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black baza?

The black baza (Aviceda leuphotes) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_baza_2026,
  title = {Black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-baza},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}