Dark Chanting-goshawk (Melierax metabates), is a medium sized Raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It is mainly resident across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, except in arid regions, dense forests, the Horn of Africa and S Africa. There is a small isolated population in S Morocco, and also in SW Yemen. Some dispersal takes place during the dry season.
Type….. Raptor
Habitat: variety of more mature woodlands, nests in tree, usually in denser woodland
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Melierax
Species: Melierax metabates
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Species Fact File – arkive.org
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Species Card – oiseaux-birds.com
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Species Fact Sheet – birdlife.org
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Species Results – globalraptors.org
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Range & calls – xeno-canto.org
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Sightings – ebird.org
Additional Material…
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Images – google.ae
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Video feeding young – youtube.com
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Species Sheet – sabap2.adu.org.za
Dark Chanting-goshawk – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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