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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A juvenile calling in a tree Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp argentio)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 4 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 5 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 6 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 6 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
An adult bird perched and looking around Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp argentio)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 4 years ago 14 sec 3.2 -
An immature feeding on the ground Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp argentior)
Josep del Hoyo 20 July 1998 5 years ago 22 sec 2.8
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In Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Glenda Rees 14 July 2009 14 weeks ago 3.9 -
Hunting for a lizard
Locality Okaukuejo, Kunene Region, Namibia
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 11 January 2008 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
We just had to stop the Jeep to take a closer look at this Beautiful Bird surveying his territory!
Locality Namibia
Stan Mansfield 28 April 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
An adult perched on a telegraph pole.
Locality Rust de Winter Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp argentior)
David Beadle 7 February 2011 20 weeks ago 3.4 -
Sitting next to the road looking out for prey.
Locality Bentiu, Rubkona County, Unity State, South Sudan
Francois Jarvel 14 August 2011 28 weeks ago 3.4 -
juvenile/adolescent bird perched on a thorny tree
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Stefan_Thiel 16 September 2010 34 weeks ago 3.4
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