Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Melierax poliopterusCabanis, JL, 1868
English (US) Eastern Chanting Goshawk
The Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) 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.
Range: southeastern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Uganda and northern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melierax poliopterus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1868
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1868
- Type locality
- Umba River, Kenya.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 16, no.96 p.413
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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