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African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]
Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] (= Accipiter tachiro tachiro) (Daudin, FM 1800)
The African goshawk is a species of African bird of prey in the genus Accipiter which is the type genus of the family Accipitridae. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Accipiter
Scientific:
Accipiter tachiro tachiro
Original description
Citation:
(Daudin, FM 1800)
Reference:
Traité Élém. Compl. Orn.
2 p.90
Protonym:
Falco tachiro
Type locality:
'pays d'Auteniquoi' = Knysna district, Cape Province.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39476084
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0262A6124BF9EA6F
Avibase ID:
avibase-0262A612
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0262A612
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824341
Geographic range:
- Accipiter tachiro tachiro: southern Angola to Mozambique and South Africa
- Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus: Somalia to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique
- Accipiter tachiro pembaensis: Pemba Island (off Tanzania)
Source: Clements checklist
African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]
French:
Autour tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis] ( Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 3] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Accipiter tachiro
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Astor tatxiro
German: Afrikahabicht, Tachirohabicht
English: African Goshawk, African Goshawk [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]
Esperanto: Afrika akcipitro
Spanish: Azor tachiro
French: Autour tachiro, Autour tachiro (tachiro), Autour tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis]
Italian: Astore africano
Scientific: Accipiter selbyii, Accipiter tachiro, Accipiter tachiro [tachiro, sparsimfasciatus, pembaensis], Accipiter tachiro tachiro, Falco tachiro
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