Pale Chanting-goshawk (Melierax canorus)

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.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Lesotho.

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)...)

Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) [XC448546]
by Alan Collett from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) [XC640847]
by Lurine Piek from Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality (near Edenfield), Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (begging 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:

JPG files for Pale Chanting-goshawk (Melierax canorus) - 10 files

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