Melierax
Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species:
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Dark chanting goshawk
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Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 Five subspecies
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sub-Saharan Africa, but avoids the rainforest of the Congo basin and the far south | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Pale chanting goshawk
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Melierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799) Two subspecies
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South Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Eastern chanting goshawk
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Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868 |
Andes ; southern Atlantic forest | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Melierax | |
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Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Melieraxinae |
Genus: | Melierax G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Type species | |
Falco musicus Daudin, 1800 |
The name Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos, meaning "song" and hierax, meaning "hawk".
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