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:

Genus MelieraxG.R. Gray, 1840 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Dark chanting goshawk

Melierax metabates
Heuglin, 1861

Five subspecies
sub-Saharan Africa, but avoids the rainforest of the Congo basin and the far south Size:

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 LC 


Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus
(Thunberg, 1799)

Two subspecies
  • M. c. argentior - Clancey, 1960
  • M. c. canorus - (Thunberg, 1799)
South Africa Size:

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 LC 


Eastern chanting goshawk

Melierax poliopterus
Cabanis, 1868
Andes ; southern Atlantic forest Size:

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 LC 


Melierax
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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