Dark Chanting Goshawk
Melierax metabates - Autour sombre
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Melierax
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Species:
metabates
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 50 cm
- Wingspan: 86 à 104 cm.
- Weight: 645 à 852 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 4 Subspecies
- Melierax metabates metabates (Senegal to Ethiopia and n Tanzania)
- Melierax metabates theresae (sw Morocco)
- Melierax metabates ignoscens (sw Arabian Pen.)
- Melierax metabates mechowi (Gabon to s Tanzania south to Angola and ne South Africa)
Foreign names
- Autour sombre,
- Azor-lagartijero Oscuro,
- Açor-cantor-escuro,
- Graubürzel-Singhabicht,
- piroslábú éneklőhéja,
- Donkere Zanghavik,
- Astore cantante scuro,
- Mörk sånghök,
- Mørksanghauk,
- jastrabec pláštikový,
- jestřáb volavý,
- Mørk Sanghøg,
- afrikanlauluhaukka,
- Donkersingvalk,
- astor cantaire bec-roig,
- Sönghaukur,
- jastrzębiak ciemny,
- tumšais dziedātājvanags,
- golobičar,
- Тёмный певчий ястреб,
- ウタオオタカ,
- 歌鹰,
- 暗灰紅臉歌鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry
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