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African Goshawk
Aerospiza 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
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Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Aerospiza
Scientific:
Aerospiza tachiro
Classification
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Aerospiza
Scientific:
Aerospiza 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122045#page/104/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
35A1472C60C23E25
Avibase ID:
avibase-35A1472C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/35A1472C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175344
Geographic range:
- Aerospiza tachiro toussenelii: lower Congo River basin (southern Cameroon to Gabon)
- Aerospiza tachiro canescens: upper Congo River basin
- Aerospiza tachiro lopezi: Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
- Aerospiza tachiro macroscelides: rainforest of Senegambia to western Cameroon
- Aerospiza tachiro: widespread sub-Saharan Africa in lowland to submontane rainforest, riverine woodland, farmbush, and mangroves, from Senegambia eastward through Cameroon and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea) to Eritrea and Ethiopia, and southward through Angola, Tanzania, and Pemba (in Zanzibar) to southern Africa (avoiding Namib and Kalahari deserts)
- Aerospiza tachiro tachiro: southern Angola to Mozambique and South Africa
- Aerospiza tachiro sparsimfasciata: Somalia to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique
- Aerospiza tachiro pembaensis: Pemba Island (off Tanzania)
- Aerospiza tachiro unduliventer: highlands of Ethiopia
- Aerospiza tachiro croizati: southwestern Ethiopia
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Source: Clements checklist
African Goshawk
Afrikaans:
Afrikaanse Sperwer
Azerbaijani:
Afrika iri qırğısı
Bulgarian:
Африкански голям ястреб
Catalan:
astor tatxiro
Czech:
jestřáb tachiro
Danish:
Afrikansk Duehøg
German:
Tachirohabicht
Greek:
Αφρικανικό Διπλοσάινο
Esperanto:
afrika akcipitro
Spanish:
Gavilán Tachiro
Spanish (Spain):
Azor tachiro
Estonian:
redu-raudkull
Finnish:
afrikanlintuhaukka
French:
Autour tachiro
Croatian:
afrički jastreb
Hungarian:
afrikai karvaly
Icelandic:
Móhaukur
Italian:
Astore africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikaootaka
Japanese:
アフリカオオタカ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinis vištvanagis
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Havik
Norwegian:
Bantuhauk
Polish:
krogulec trzypregowy
Portuguese:
Açor-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
açor-africano
Russian:
Африканский тетеревятник
Slovak:
jastrab tachiro
Serbian:
Afrički jastreb
Swedish:
Afrikansk duvhök
Turkish:
Afrika Çakırı
Ukrainian:
Яструб ангольський
Chinese:
非洲鹰
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲鷹
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African or Red-chested Goshawk ( Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii]) |
| Avilist 2025: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: African Goshawk ( Aerospiza tachiro) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Accipiter tachiro [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Accipiter tachiro [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Accipiter tachiro [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Goshawk ( Accipiter tachiro) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Sperwer
Azerbaijani: Afrika iri qırğısı
Bulgarian: Африкански голям ястреб
Catalan: astor tatxiro
Czech: Jestráb tachiro, jestřáb tachiro
Danish: Afrikansk Duehøg
German: Afrikahabicht, Afrikanischer Habicht, Guineahabicht, Tachirohabicht
Greek: Αφρικανικό Διπλοσάινο
English: African Goshawk, African or Red-chested Goshawk, Red-chested Goshawk
English (Avilist): African Goshawk
English, HBW: African/Red-chested Goshawk
English (IOC): African Goshawk
English (United States): African Goshawk
Esperanto: Afrika akcipitro
Spanish: Azor de Toussenel, Azor Tachiro, Gavilán Tachiro
Spanish (Spain): Azor tachiro
Estonian: redu-raudkull
Finnish: Afrikanlintuhaukka
French: Autour de Toussenel, Autour tachiro, Autour tachiro ou A. de Toussenel
French (Guyane): Autour tachiro
Croatian: afrički jastreb
Hungarian: afrikai karvaly
Icelandic: Móhaukur
Italian: Astore africano
Japanese (romaji): afurikaootaka
Japanese: アフリカオオタカ
Kwangali: Kakodi
Scientific: Accipiter [tachiro or toussenelii], Accipiter tachiro, Accipiter tachiro tachiro, Aerospiza [tachiro or toussenelii], Aerospiza tachiro, Falco tachiro, Nisus polyzonos
Lithuanian: Afrikinis vištvanagis
Dutch: Afrikaanse Havik
Norwegian: Bantuhauk
Polish: krogulec trzypregowy, krogulec trzypręgowy
Portuguese: Açor-africano
Portuguese (Angola): Açor-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): açor-africano
Russian: Африканский тетеревятник, Африканский ястреб
Slovak: jastrab tachiro
Shona: Rukodzi
Serbian: Afrički jastreb
Sotho, Southern: Fiolo-ea-meru
Swedish: Afrikansk duvhök
Swahili: Kipanga-msitu, Senga
Tswana: Phakwê
Turkish: Afrika Çakırı
Ukrainian: Яструб ангольський
Chinese: 非洲鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲鷹
Zulu: iKlebe
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