Genus
Melierax
3 species
The list of species of Melierax genus
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The list of species of Melierax genus
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The (southern) 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...
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.
The eastern (pale) chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus ), or Somali chanting goshawk, is a bird of prey of East Africa.