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Hamerkop / Scopus umbretta LC
- Synonyms Hammercop, Hammerhead, Hammerkop, Hammer head, Hammerhead Stork, Hammer-headed Stork
- Old latin name for bird Scops europeus
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Where to see Hamerkop
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion also sw Arabian Pen.
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Hamerkop subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scopus umbretta minor | coastal w Africa | - | No |
| Scopus umbretta umbretta | tropical Africa, Madagascar and sw Arabia | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hamerkop |
| Azerbaijani | çəkicbaş |
| Bashkir | сүкешбаш селән |
| Basque | Hegazti mailuburu |
| Bengali | াতুচড়ভাথা |
| Bulgarian | Чукоглава чапла |
| Catalan | ocell martell, Au martell |
| Chinese | 锤头鹳 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 錘頭鸛 |
| Croatian | batoglavka |
| Czech | kladivouš africký |
| Danish | Hammerhoved, Hammerfugl |
| Dutch | Hamerkop |
| Esperanto | Skopo, Martelbirdo |
| Estonian | vasarpea |
| Finnish | vasarapäähaikara, Varjohaikara |
| French | Ombrette du Sénégal, Ombrette, Ombrette africaine |
| Frisian | Hammerkop |
| Galician | Paxaro martelo |
| German | Schattenvogel, Hammerkopf |
| Greek | Σφυρoκέφαλoς |
| Hebrew | פטישן |
| Hungarian | gogó |
| Icelandic | Skuggafugl |
| Irish | Ceann casúir |
| Italian | Uccello martello, Umbretta |
| Japanese | シュモクドリ |
| Kazakh | балға бас |
| Latvian | āmurgalvis |
| Lithuanian | Kūjagalvis gandras, kūjagalvis |
| Malagasy | akoholahinala, Takatra, Takatsy |
| Northern Sami | Suoivanloddi |
| Norwegian | skyggefugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Skuggefugl |
| Polish | waruga |
| Portuguese | cabeça-de-martelo, Ave-martelo, Pássaro-martelo |
| Romanian | Pasăre ciocan |
| Russian | Молотоглав, Молотоголовая цапля, Молотоглавая цапля |
| Serbian | Čaplja batoglavka |
| Shona | vaKondo |
| Slovak | takatra tmavá |
| Slovenian | Senčar |
| Spanish | Avemartillo, Ave Martillo |
| Swahili | Msingwe |
| Swedish | skuggstork |
| Tatar | чүкечбаш |
| Tsonga | Mandonzwana |
| Tswana | Mmamasiloanokê |
| Turkish | Çekiçkafa, Gölgekuşu, Çekiçgaga |
| Ukrainian | молотоголов |
| Uzbek | болғабош |
| Welsh | Pen morthwyl |
| Xhosa | Uqhimngqoshe |
| Zulu | uThekwane |