Species Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 (Dark chanting goshawk)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Accipitriformes
  • ---- family: Accipitridae
  • ----- species: Melierax metabates
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 50-56 cm; grey plumage; bared white rump; grey secondariesred to orange bill and legs
Countries:

ET
Ethiopia
GH
Ghana
GM
Gambia
IL
Israel
KE
Kenya
NA
Namibia
SD
Sudan
SZ
Swaziland
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0111
Eastern Guinean forests
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0707
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0721
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1007
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
PA1303
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 84
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/12907373035/sizes/o/
Date: 2014-01-31
Place: Mpumalanga Rural, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: title 'Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) juvenile'
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/12908371494/sizes/o/
Date: 2014-01-31
Place: Mpumalanga Rural, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: title 'Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates) juvenile'
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwhitaker_photos/6925814306/sizes/o/
Date: 2009-03-06
Place: Tanzania
Creator: John R Whitaker
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: title 'Dark Chanting Goshawk'
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License

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