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title: "Lizard Buzzard"
description: "Kaupifalco monogrammicus — Uccelli. The lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus), or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lizard-buzzard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lizard Buzzard

> Kaupifalco monogrammicus — Uccelli. The lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus), or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Kaupifalco monogrammicus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1589
- Wikidata: [Q1261504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261504)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5430](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5430)

## Names

- en: Lizard Buzzard
- de: Sperberbussard
- es: Busardo gavilán
- fr: Autour unibande
- nl: Hagedisbuizerd
- pt: Gavião-papa-lagartos
- pl: Jaszczurkołap

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (246), UG (225), ZM (142), BJ (127), GM (116), ZW (97), MW (86), TZ (79), MZ (44), NG (44), GH (43), KE (41)

## Summary

The lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus), or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only species placed in the genus Kaupifalco. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its name, it may be more closely related to the Accipiter hawks than the Buteo buzzards.

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

## Photo

![Lizard Buzzard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lizard-buzzard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jonathan Whitaker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94407053

## Machine access

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