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Common Name

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Alternate Names

Common Type

Goshawk

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Melierax

Species

metabates

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya

Number of Sub-Species

Five Subspecies

Migratory or Resident

Non migratory

Preferred Habitat

Savannahs and open woodlands and avoids rain forests

Distribution and Range

Sub Sahara

Food

Hunts from a perch until it glides down to catch rodents, birds or reptiles on the ground or in the air.

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