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title: "Black Baza"
description: "Aviceda leuphotes — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-baza
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Baza

> Aviceda leuphotes — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Aviceda leuphotes*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1442
- Wikidata: [Q605350](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605350)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5262](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5262)

## Names

- en: Black Baza
- de: Dreifarbenweih
- es: Baza Negra
- fr: Baza huppard
- nl: Zwarte koekoekswouw
- pt: Baza-preta
- pl: Czubak czarny

## Countries with the most observations

TH (550), SG (259), IN (241), CN (148), MY (70), KH (38), HK (27), VN (16), BD (12), MM (6), TW (6), ID (5)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_baza

## Photo

![Black Baza](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-baza/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229836358

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-baza?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).