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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
19/04/2024 12:02:51 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Pale Chanting-goshawk*
Id (Atlas):
Melierax canorus
Description (10 )
Pale Chanting-goshawk
© flickr.com
Other Names (World)
Pale Chanting-Goshawk, Southern Pale Chanting-Goshawk, Pale Chanting Goshawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
48 - 54 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Rislachi, 1799)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna, hot desert. From sea-level - 2,000 m.
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Lesotho.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A piping 'kleeuu-kleeuu-klu-klu-klu', usually uttered at dawn.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)... )
Listen to XC802410
Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus ) [XC802410 ]
by Sander Bot from Namaqualand, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa (dawn song)
Listen to XC307343
Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus ) [XC307343 ]
by Alan Collett from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Eastern Chanting-goshawk (Melierax poliopterus ) and Dark Chanting-goshawk (Melierax metabates ) and sometimes considered conspecific with Eastern Chanting-goshawk (Melierax poliopterus ).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
argentior Clancey, 1960 - Southern Angola southern and east through Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to north-eastern South Africa in Transvaal and north-western Orange Free State.
canorus (Rislachi, 1799) - Southern South Africa, in Cape Province, south-eastern Orange Free State and (formerly) southern Natal.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Pale Chanting-goshawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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