Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Pale Chanting-goshawk (Melierax canorus) - HBW 2, p. 144
French: Autour chanteur
German: Großer Singhabicht
Spanish: Azor lagartijero Claro
Other common names: Southern Pale Chanting-goshawk
Taxonomy: Falco canorus Rislachi, 1799, South Africa.
Probably forms superspecies with M. poliopterus and M. metabates; sometimes considered conspecific with the former. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- argentior Clancey, 1960 - S Angola S and E through Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to NE South Africa in Transvaal and NW Orange Free State.
- canorus (Rislachi, 1799) - S South Africa, in Cape Province, SE Orange Free State and (formerly) S Natal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird perched and looking around Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp argentio)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 5 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
A juvenile calling in a tree Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp argentio)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 5 years ago 8 sec 3.2 -
An adult being mobbed by a Greater Kestrel, even after it has landed Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp argentior)
Josep del Hoyo 20 July 1998 6 years ago 30 sec 3.2 -
A bird resting on a rock Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp argentior)
Jean Michel Erard 31 July 2003 7 years ago 24 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a tree Locality Tau Pan, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (ssp argentior)
Philip Griffin 6 August 2000 7 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
An immature feeding on the ground Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp argentior)
Josep del Hoyo 20 July 1998 6 years ago 22 sec 2.8
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High in a tree on the grounds of the Lilayi Game Preserve
Locality Lusaka Province, Zambia
Lee Hunter 17 August 2010 12 weeks ago 4 -
In Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Glenda Rees 14 July 2009 1 year ago 4 -
alone, waiting for a prey
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
lsargentini 30 August 2011 36 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult perched in a bush.
Locality Halali Camp, Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp argentior)
Ken Havard 13 April 2013 6 weeks ago 3.7 -
Perched high watching everything.
Locality Kalahari Rest, Kang, Kgalagadi District, Botswana
Smoghead 19 March 2010 25 weeks ago 3.6 -
On a pole
Locality Tankwa Karoo National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 18 November 2012 26 weeks ago 3.5
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