Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii)

Other Names (World)
Red-chested Goshawk, West African Goshawk

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) [XC352215]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (flight call)

Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) [XC677329]
by Peter Boesman from Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro), with which often considered conspecific, but differs in size, coloration and apparent lack of display flight. Subspecies macroscelides and lopezi have also been considered to form another full species.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

macroscelides (Hartlaub, 1855) - Senegambia to western Cameroon in rain forest.
toussenelii (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855) - Southern Cameroon to Gabon, in lower Zaire River basin.
canescens (Chapin, 1921) - Upper Zaire River basin.
lopezi (Alexander, 1903) - Bioko I (Fernando Po).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) - 10 files

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