Grey Goshawk
Tachyspiza novaehollandiae(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Gray Goshawk
UK name: Grey Goshawk
The Grey Goshawk (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae) 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: northern and eastern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, to southeastern South Australia, and Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Goshawk
- English (UK)
- Grey Goshawk
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco novoe-Hollandioe
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Nova Hollandia = New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool. 18, p. 245.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.264
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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