African Goshawk
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| Accipiter tachiro (Daudin, 1800) |
The African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. As defined here following the Handbook of the Birds of the World, it is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is often considered conspecific with the Red-chested Goshawk of western and central Africa (BirdLife International 2007).
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2007. Accipiter tachiro. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 October 2007.
[edit] External links
- Photograph from Forestry Images of a Tanzanian bird
- Photograph by Harvey van Diek of a Kenyan bird

