Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Black Goshawk*
Id (Atlas):
Accipiter melanoleucus
Description (10 )
Black Goshawk
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Other Names (World)
Black Sparrowhawk, Black Goshawk, Great Sparrowhawk, Pied Goshawk, Black and white Sparrowhawk, Black and white Goshawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
46 - 58 cm
First Described (Guide )
Smith, 1830
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Gambia, Guinea-bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Niger, Somalia.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)... )
Listen to XC663612
Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus ) [XC663612 ]
by Oliver Fowler from City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
Listen to XC509844
Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus ) [XC509844 ]
by isaac kilusu from East Usambara lowland forest, Tanga, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
May form superspecies with Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis ), Henst's Goshawk (Accipiter henstii ) and even Meyer's Goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus ).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
temminckii (Hartlaub, 1855) - Senegambia east to Gabon, Congo and Central African Republic.
melanoleucus Smith, 1830 - Eastern Sudan and northern and western Ethiopia; Gabon and Zaire east to Kenya and south to Angola and South Africa; Pemba and Zanzibar.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Black Goshawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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