Overview
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Melierax is a genus of in the Accipitridae family. It contains the following species:
- Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar)
- Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates}
- Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
Taxonomy
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The Genus Melierax is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in the Genus Melierax: M. canorus (Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk) · M. canorus argentior · M. canorus canorus (Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk) · M. canorus poliopterus · M. gabar (Gabar Goshawk) · M. gabar gabar (Gabar Goshawk) · M. mechowi · M. metabates (Dark Chanting-Goshawk) · M. metabates ignoscens · M. metabates mechowi · M. metabates metabates (Dark Chanting-Goshawk) · M. metabates neumanni · M. metabates theresae · M. monogrammicus · M. musicus · M. poliopterus (Eastern Chanting-Goshawk) · M. poliopterus coombsi · M. poliopterus somaliensis
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