Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Melierax poliopterus

The Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) is a 630 g scrub bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

630 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Namibia.

Where to see it: Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Abaarso, Somaliland (Somalia); Amboseli NP (Kenya); Tarangire NP (Tanzania); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia).

Photo: (c) Loren Cassin Sackett, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist