Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
About the Eastern Chanting Goshawk
The eastern (pale) chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus), or Somali chanting goshawk, is a bird of prey of East Africa. This species is intermediate between the smaller dark chanting goshawk (widespread to the west and south) and the pale chanting goshawk (southern Africa) in colour, size, and leg length, but not in range. It has often been considered a subspecies of the latter, but because of this disparity between geography and characters, it is now considered a separate species, as agreed by many authorities.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.