African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Scientific name definitions
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (9)
Guy M. Kirwan, Alan C. Kemp, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.2 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Sperwer |
| Catalan | astor taixiró |
| Czech | jestřáb tachiro |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Havik |
| English | African Goshawk |
| English (United States) | African Goshawk |
| Finnish | afrikanlintuhaukka |
| French | Autour tachiro |
| French (France) | Autour tachiro |
| German | Afrikahabicht |
| Greek | Αφρικανικό Διπλοσάινο |
| Icelandic | Móhaukur |
| Japanese | アフリカオオタカ |
| Norwegian | bantuhauk |
| Polish | krogulec trzypręgowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Açor-africano |
| Russian | Африканский ястреб |
| Serbian | Afrički jastreb |
| Slovak | jastrab tachiro |
| Spanish | Azor Tachiro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Azor tachiro |
| Swedish | afrikansk duvhök |
| Turkish | Afrika Çakırı |
| Ukrainian | Яструб ангольський |
| Zulu | usomheshe |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure section, and Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior section. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Accipiter tachiro (Daudin, 1800)
PROTONYM:
Falco tachiro
Daudin, 1800. Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2, p.90.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'pays d'Auteniquoi' = Knysna district, Cape Province.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ACCIPITER
- tachiro
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the African Goshawk
