melierax, genus, bird, prey, family, accipitridae, established, george, robert, gray, 1840, contains, following, species, pale, chanting, goshawk, canorus, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, aves, order, . Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae Established by George Robert Gray in 1840 it contains the following species 2 Melierax Pale chanting goshawk Melierax canorus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Accipitriformes Family Accipitridae Subfamily Melieraxinae Genus MelieraxG R Gray 1840 Type species Falco musicus 1 Daudin 1800 Genus Melierax G R Gray 1840 three species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Dark chanting goshawk Melierax metabates Heuglin 1861 Five subspecies M m metabates Senegal and the Gambia east to Ethiopia south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Tanzania M m neumanni Mali east to northern Sudan M m theresae south west Morocco M m ignoscens South western Arabia i e south western Saudi Arabia and western Yemen M m mechowi south eastern Gabon to Angola south Tanzania south to northern Namibia and north eastern South Africa sub Saharan Africa but avoids the rainforest of the Congo basin and the far south Size 45cmHabitat savannah open woodlandDiet birds small mammals reptiles LC Pale chanting goshawk Melierax canorus Thunberg 1799 Two subspecies M c argentior Clancey 1960M c canorus Thunberg 1799 South Africa Size 55cmHabitat desertDiet small mammals and reptiles LC Eastern chanting goshawk Melierax poliopterus Cabanis 1868 East Africa Size 49 to 55cmHabitat semi desert grasslandDiet lizards smaller birds insects LC The name Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos meaning song and hierax meaning hawk 3 References edit Accipitridae aviansystematics org The Trust for Avian Systematics Retrieved 2023 07 26 ITIS Report Melierax Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 21 November 2014 Jobling James A 2010 The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names London UK Christopher Helm p 249 ISBN 978 1 4081 2501 4 External links edit nbsp Data related to Melierax at Wikispecies nbsp This Accipitriformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melierax amp oldid 1210128015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
