Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) - HBW 2, p. 162
French: Autour des palombes
German: Habicht
Spanish: Azor Común
Taxonomy: Falco gentilis Linnaeus, 1758, (Swedish) Alps.
May form superspecies with A. melanoleucus, A. henstii and even A. Meyerianus. Internal taxonomy somewhat confused. American races may merit treatment as distinct species. Separate races have been awarded to birds from W & C Europe (gallinarum), Spain and N Africa (kleinschmidti), SE Europe (marginatus), and SW USA and NW Mexico (apache), but of doubtful validity, as at least some of variation clinal; many other dubious races described. Eight subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe and extreme NW Africa.
- arrigonii (Kleinschmidt, 1903) - Corsica and Sardinia.
- buteoides (Menzbier, 1882) - extreme N Eurasia, from N Sweden E to R Lena; winters S to C Europe and C Asia.
- gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe and extreme NW Africa.
- arrigonii (Kleinschmidt, 1903) - Corsica and Sardinia.
- buteoides (Menzbier, 1882) - extreme N Eurasia, from N Sweden E to R Lena; winters S to C Europe and C Asia.
- albidus (Menzbier, 1882) - NE Siberia to Kamchatka.
- schvedowi (Menzbier, 1882) - Asia, from Urals to Amurland, Sakhalin and Kuril Is, S to C China; winters S to Himalayas and N Indochina.
- fujiyamae (Swann & Hartert, 1923) - Japan.
- atricapillus (Wilson, 1812) - North America, S to Tennessee and S Arizona (USA) and Jalisco (W Mexico).
- laingi (Taverner, 1940) - Queen Charlotte Is and Vancouver I, British Columbia (W Canada).
- Least Concern
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A chick at the nest Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 June 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a chick,at the nest Ayllón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 June 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile eating a prey and being harassed by a Common Raven Arévalo, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp gentilis)
Tyto Alba reporter 4 February 2004 4 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A female feeding three chicks in the nest Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp gentilis)
Helmut Sütsch 13 March 2004 6 years ago 1 min 29 sec 4.3 -
A chick feeding.Four chicks at the nest Ayllón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 June 2006 1 year ago 29 sec 4 -
Four chicks at the nest.A bird eating to a azure-winged magpie Ayllón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 June 2007 1 year ago 29 sec 4
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Adult bird sunning itself, early morning at Cypress Hills Inter-Provincial Park, Saskatchewan in 2009 Saskatchewan, Canada
Nick Saunders 7 June 2009 33 weeks ago 4 -
An adult female ready for hunting Lazio, Italy
raniero massoli-no... 1 October 1999 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult perched on the ground. Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp gentilis)
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 16 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult perched on the ground. Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp gentilis)
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male - perched on a clothesline pole Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 10 February 2010 23 weeks ago 2.8 -
Chasing a Raven. Sant Martí de Llémena, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 5 April 2008 1 year ago 2.5
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A pair uttering calls simultaneously. Forêt de Rambouillet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
(ssp gentilis)
Julien Rochefort 29 March 2008 33 weeks ago 4.5
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