Red-chested goshawk

The red-chested goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) is a medium-size hawk of West Africa. It is often considered conspecific with the African goshawk.

Red-chested goshawk
Illustration by Keulemans, 1874
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species:
A. toussenelii
Binomial name
Accipiter toussenelii
Subspecies
  • A. t. macroscelides - (Hartlaub, 1855)
  • A. t. lopezi - (Alexander, 1903)
  • A. t. toussenelii - (Verreaux, J, Verreaux, E & Des Murs, 1855)
  • A. t. canescens - (Chapin, 1921)
Synonyms

Accipiter macroscelides

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