Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus

Described by: Cabanis (1869)
Alternate common name(s): Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Somali Chanting Goshawk, Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Allen Chartier  Kenya - Jan, 2000 © W. S. Clark  Masai Mara, Kenya - Feb, 2001 © Jim Wilson 
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Range

C. e. Africa;
Sc. and e. Ethiopia and Somalia s. to ex. e. Uganda, Kenya (n., e. and s. of the Kenyan highlands, mainly e. of Rift Valley around Lake Turkana, Lake Magadi and Lake Natron, and w. of Rift only on dry e. Loita plains) and c. Tanzania.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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