Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus(Thunberg, CP, 1799)
English (US) Pale Chanting Goshawk
The Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melierax canorus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Described by
- (Thunberg, CP, 1799)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Melierax canorus argentior
- Melierax canorus canorus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco canorus
- Described by
- (Thunberg, CP, 1799)
- Type locality
- South Africa.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 15 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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