Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Eastern Chanting-goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) - HBW 2, p. 144
French: Autour à ailes grises
German: Weißbürzel Singhabicht
Spanish: Azor lagartijero Somalí
Other common names: Eastern Pale/Somali Chanting-goshawk
Taxonomy: Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1869, Umba River, Kenya.
Probably forms superspecies with M. canorus and M. metabates; sometimes considered conspecific with the former, but well separated geographically. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Ethiopia and Somalia S to E Uganda and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of a termite mound and flying away. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 47 sec 4.7 -
A dorsal view of a bird on a treetop Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 7 December 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A bird on top of a termite mound. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a dead tree Locality Turmi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 December 2005 6 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 9 years ago 14 sec 3.8
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Tadeusz Rosinski 22 January 2013 5 weeks ago 3.8 -
perching on blossoming acacia
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk with a White-throated Bee-eater in the back
Locality Lake Natron, Tanzania
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 2 January 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult perched in a tree.
Locality Filtu, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 22 February 2009 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 7 February 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
a dorsal view
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 1 year ago 3.4
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