Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis - Autour des palombes
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Accipiter
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Species:
gentilis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 69 cm
- Wingspan: 96 à 127 cm.
- Weight: 800 à 1509 g
Longevity
19 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 10 Subspecies
- Accipiter gentilis gentilis (c and n Europe)
- Accipiter gentilis buteoides (n Eurasia)
- Accipiter gentilis albidus (ne Siberia)
- Accipiter gentilis schvedowi (ne Asia to c China)
- Accipiter gentilis fujiyamae (Japan)
- Accipiter gentilis marginatus (Italy and the Balkans to Caucasus and n Iran)
- Accipiter gentilis arrigonii (Corsica, Sardinia)
- Accipiter gentilis atricapillus (North America. except sw Canada, sw USA and nw Mexico.)
- Accipiter gentilis laingi (islands of British Columbia. sw Canada.)
- Accipiter gentilis apache (sw USA, nw Mexico)
Foreign names
- Autour des palombes,
- Azor Común,
- Açor,
- Habicht,
- Héja,
- Havik,
- Astore comune,
- Duvhök,
- Hønsehauk,
- jastrab veľký,
- jestřáb lesní,
- Duehøg,
- kanahaukka,
- astor comú,
- Gáshaukur,
- jastrząb (zwyczajny),
- vistu vanags,
- kragulj,
- Тетеревятник,
- オオタカ,
- 苍鹰,
- เหยี่ยวนกเขาท้องขาว,
- 蒼鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Grassland : Tundra ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
Other sources of interest
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