Kites, Hawks, Eagles

African Goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

The African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) is a 290 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

290 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, eSwatini, Mozambique, Zambia, Nigeria, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Botswana.

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist