African Goshawk

Aerospiza tachiro

The African goshawk is an African species of bird of prey in the genus Aerospiza. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. The African goshawk was previously sometimes split with the red-chested goshawk of west Africa treated as a separate species.

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