Goshawk may refer to several species of birds of prey, mainly in the genus ''
Accipiter
''Accipiter'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. With 51 recognized species it is the most diverse genus in its family. Most species are called goshawks or sparrowhawks, although almost all New World species (excepting th ...
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Northern goshawk, ''Accipiter gentilis'', often referred to simply as the goshawk, since it is the only goshawk found in much of its range (in Europe and North America)
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Crested goshawk
The crested goshawk (''Accipiter trivirgatus'') is a bird of prey from tropical Asia. It is related to other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards (or buteos) and harriers, and thus placed in the family Accipitridae.Grimmett ''et al.'' (1999) ...
, ''Accipiter trivirgatus''
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Sulawesi goshawk, ''Accipiter griseiceps''
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Red-chested goshawk, ''Accipiter toussenelii''
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African goshawk
The African goshawk (''Accipiter tachiro'') is an African species of bird of prey in the genus ''Accipiter'' which is the type genus of the family Accipitridae.
Description
The African goshawk is a medium-sized to large ''Accipiter'' which is m ...
, ''Accipiter tachiro''
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Imitator goshawk, ''Accipiter imitator''
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Grey goshawk
The grey goshawk (''Accipiter novaehollandiae'') is a strongly built, medium-sized bird of prey in the family ''Accipitridae'' that is found in eastern and northern Australia. The white morph of this species is known as the white goshawk.
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, ''Accipiter novaehollandiae''
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Brown goshawk
The brown goshawk (''Accipiter fasciatus'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands.
Description
Its upperparts are grey with a chestnut collar; its underparts are mainly rufous, f ...
, ''Accipiter fasciatus''
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Christmas goshawk
The Christmas goshawk (''Accipiter fasciatus natalis'') or Christmas Island goshawk, is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Ind ...
, ''Accipiter (fasciatus) natalis''
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Black-mantled goshawk, ''Accipiter melanochlamys''
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Slaty-mantled goshawk ''Accipiter luteoschistaceus ''
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Pied goshawk, ''Accipiter albogularis''
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Fiji goshawk, ''Accipiter rufitorques''
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White-bellied goshawk, ''Accipiter haplochrous''
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Moluccan goshawk
The Moluccan goshawk or Halmaheran goshawk (''Accipiter henicogrammus'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Halmahera, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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, ''Accipiter henicogrammus''
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Grey-headed goshawk, ''Accipiter poliocephalus''
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New Britain goshawk, ''Accipiter princeps''
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Henst's goshawk
Henst's goshawk (''Accipiter henstii'') is a species a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is a large, diurnal bird endemic to the island of Madagascar. It is an obligate forest species that occurs at very low densities on the island and ...
, ''Accipiter henstii''
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Meyer's goshawk, ''Accipiter meyerianus''
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Shikra
The shikra (''Accipiter badius'') is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usual ...
, ''Accipiter badius''
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Powerful goshawk, ''Accipiter efficax''
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Gracile goshawk, ''Accipiter quartus''
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Gabar goshawk
The gabar goshawk (''Micronisus gabar'') is a small species of African and Arabian bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Description
The gabar goshawk is polymorphic and occurs in two distinct forms which fluctuate in relative abundance acro ...
, ''Micronisus gabar''
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Dark chanting goshawk
The dark chanting goshawk (''Melierax metabates'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia, with an isolated and declining population in southern Morocco.
Description
Th ...
, ''Melierax metabates''
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Eastern chanting goshawk
The eastern (pale) chanting goshawk (''Melierax poliopterus''), or Somali chanting goshawk, is a bird of prey of East Africa.
Taxonomy
This species is intermediate between the smaller dark chanting goshawk (widespread to the west and south) and ...
, ''Melierax poliopterus''
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Pale chanting goshawk
The pale chanting goshawk (''Melierax canorus'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
This hawk breeds in southern Africa and is a resident species of dry, open semi-desert with 75 cm or less annual rainfall. It is commonly seen ...
, ''Melierax canorus''
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Red goshawk
The red goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis radiatus'') is probably the rarest Australian bird of prey. It is found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia, particularly near watercourses. It takes a broad range of live prey, mostly birds.
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, ''Erythrotriorchis radiatus''
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Chestnut-shouldered goshawk, ''Erythrotriorchis buergersi''
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Doria's goshawk
Doria's goshawk or Doria's hawk, (''Megatriorchis doriae'') is a raptor, the only member of the genus ''Megatriorchis''.
Description
At up to 69 cm long, it is among the biggest hawks in the broad sense. It is greyish-brown with a black-b ...
, ''Megatriorchis doriae''
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Accipitridae
Birds of prey
