African goshawk
| African goshawk | |
|---|---|
| Captive adult female | |
| immature female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Aerospiza |
| Species: | A. tachiro |
| Binomial name | |
| Aerospiza tachiro (Daudin, 1800) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Falco tachiro Daudin, 1800 | |
The African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) 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 (Aerospiza toussenelii) of west Africa treated as a separate species.