black baza
aviceda leuphotes latin

The Black Baza is a small and distinctively coloured raptor.

Black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)

Highlight: Guindy is the only place in Chennai where the very rare raptor, the Black Baza has been recorded during Winter.

Migratory raptors including Black Baza, Common Kestrel and Booted Eagle can been seen during the winter months.

The Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) is a small sized bird of prey found in the forests of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

It is the only urban area in India where Greater Flamingo, Black Baza, Osprey, Eurasian Eagle-owl and Pied Avocet can be seen right in the city.

Several species including a new species of frog Nyctibatrachus humayuni and a new species of Nicobar Scops Owl Otus alius have been named after him, and he himself described the Andaman subspecies of Black Baza.