| Aerospiza | |
|---|---|
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| Female African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
| Genus: | Aerospiza Roberts, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Falco tachio Daudin, 1800 | |
Aerospiza is a genus containing goshawks and a sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae that are found in Africa. The three species in the genus were formerly placed in the genus Accipiter .
The genus Aerospiza was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Falco tachio, Daudin, 1800 (the African goshawk) as the type species. [1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek αηρ (aēr), αερος (aeros) meaning "air" with σπιζιας (spizias) meaning "hawk". [3] Species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Accipiter . Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequently rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus Aerospiza was resurrected to contain three species that were previously placed in Accipiter. [4] [5]
The genus contains 3 species: [5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-chested goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii (Verreaux, J, Verreaux, É & des Murs, 1855) Four subspecies
| west and west-central Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| African goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro (Daudin, 1800) Four subspecies
| east, south and south-central Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk | Aerospiza castanilius (Bonaparte, 1853) Two subspecies
| west-central Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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