Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Donkersingvalk
Common Names in Dutch:
Donkere Zanghavik
Common Names in English:
Chanting Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Common Names in Finnish:
afrikanlauluhaukka
Common Names in French:
Autour-chanteur, Autour sombre
Common Names in German:
Graubürzel-Singhabicht
Common Names in Hebrew:
נץ אפור
Common Names in Japanese:
ウタオオタカ
Common Names in Russian:
Ястреб певчий
Common Names in Spanish:
Azor-lagartijero Oscuro
Common Names in Swedish:
Mörk sånghök
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
()
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Falconiformes
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Suborder:
Accipitres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Infraorder:
Falconides
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
()
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Family:
Accipitridae
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
()
- Genus:
Melierax
()
- Gray, GR 1840
- Specific name:
metabates
- Heuglin 1861
- Scientific name: - Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 Heuglin 1861
- Specific name:
metabates
- Heuglin 1861
- Genus:
Melierax
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
(
- Infraorder:
Falconides
(
- Suborder:
Accipitres
(
- Order:
Falconiformes
(
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Melierax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. canorus (Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk) · M. canorus canorus (Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk) · M. gabar (Gabar Goshawk) · M. gabar gabar (Gabar Goshawk) · M. metabates (Dark Chanting Goshawk) · M. metabates metabates (Dark Chanting Goshawk) · M. poliopterus (Eastern Chanting Goshawk)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A new lacertid lizard from Angola. 39 1956 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1956. url table 2 , p. 9.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 497, p. 509, p. 510, p. 84, p. 88.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 103, fig. 14.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 149, p. 150, p. 201.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 79 1936 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 144, p. 48.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 92.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 226, p. 322.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 139.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 113, p. 167, p. 115.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 38.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 93, p. 94.
- Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year. .. / Chicago Natural History Museum. [Chicago]: The Museum, [1944]-1963. url p. 65.
- Results of the Swedish zoological expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901, under the direction of L.A. Jägerskiöld. [Uppsala]Library of the Royal University of Uppsala[1904-11] url p. 8.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 581.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 49, p. 49.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Melierax metabates. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
- SysTax, SysTax
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8525
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175520
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13848404
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175520
- IUCN ID: 222601
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134330
