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Chanting-Goshawks
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Chanting-Goshawks

Melierax

Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species:

The name Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos, meaning "song" and hierax, meaning "hawk".

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

speciesMelierax canorus

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

speciesMelierax metabates

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

speciesMelierax poliopterus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5336.