Genus of birds
Melierax
Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus )
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Subfamily:
Melieraxinae
Genus:
Melierax G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Falco musicus [1] Daudin, 1800
Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species:[2]
Genus Melierax – G.R. Gray, 1840 – three species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Dark chanting goshawk
Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861
M. m. metabates : Senegal and the Gambia east to Ethiopia, south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Tanzania.
M. m. neumanni : Mali east to northern Sudan.
M. m. theresae : south west Morocco.
M. m. ignoscens : South western Arabia, i.e. south western Saudi Arabia and western Yemen.
M. m. mechowi : south eastern Gabon to Angola, south Tanzania south to northern Namibia and north eastern South Africa.
sub-Saharan Africa, but avoids the rainforest of the Congo basin and the far south
Size : 45cmHabitat : savannah, open woodlandDiet : birds, small mammals, reptiles
LC
Pale chanting goshawk
Melierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799)
M. c. argentior - Clancey, 1960
M. c. canorus - (Thunberg, 1799)
South Africa
Size : 55cmHabitat : desertDiet : small mammals and reptiles
LC
Eastern chanting goshawk
Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868
East Africa
Size : 49 to 55cmHabitat : semi-desert, grasslandDiet : lizards, smaller birds, insects
LC
The name Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos , meaning "song" and hierax , meaning "hawk".[3]
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Last Update: 2024-05-26T01:58:14Z
Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species: The name...
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Last Update: 2024-02-25T03:17:58Z
The dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southern...
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Last Update: 2024-02-10T03:16:13Z
Erythrotriorchis, Megatriorchis, Melierax , and Micronisus: Afrotropical Pale chanting goshawk, Melierax canorus Dark chanting goshawk, Melierax metabates Eastern chanting...
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Last Update: 2024-01-05T16:56:27Z
The pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This hawk breeds in southern Africa and is a resident species...
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Last Update: 2024-01-02T03:48:34Z
"Gabar goshawk (Melierax gabar)". Wildscreen. Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 23 October 2016. "Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar". Oiseaux-birds...
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Last Update: 2024-02-22T00:36:58Z
The eastern (pale) chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus), or Somali chanting goshawk, is a bird of prey of East Africa. This species is intermediate...
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Last Update: 2024-06-22T20:59:43Z
Urotriorchis (long-tailed hawk), and Megatriorchis (Doria's goshawk). Melierax (chanting goshawks) may be included in the subfamily, or given a subfamily...
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Last Update: 2024-05-20T13:47:54Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-12T07:54:25Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-08T02:17:56Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-06T02:40:04Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-19T12:16:05Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-05-31T02:56:58Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-02T10:11:06Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-22T21:13:51Z
Harpagus Subfamily Melieraxinae – melieraxine hawks Genus Micronisus Genus Melierax Genus Urotriorchis Subfamily Accipitrinae – accipitrine hawks Genus Erythrotriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-25T20:57:53Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-06T05:30:51Z
at one nest in Tsavo East), the 0.67 kg (1.5 lb) pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus), the 2.04 kg (4.5 lb) hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) (in...
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Last Update: 2024-06-23T21:31:27Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-01T15:24:15Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-18T22:40:23Z
include the buzzards, harriers, Old World vultures, bateleur, Circaetus, Melierax and others. Trogons are represented by one genus (Apaloderma). African...
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Last Update: 2024-03-06T10:35:53Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-06-15T16:57:41Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-06T15:21:43Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-04-06T15:31:50Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-03-22T19:55:01Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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Last Update: 2024-05-24T14:05:40Z
Harpyopsis Macheiramphus Morphnus Lophospizinae Lophospiza Melieraxinae Melierax Micronisus Urotriorchis Perninae Aviceda Chondrohierax Elanoides Eutriorchis...
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