Eastern Chanting Goshawk vs Pale Chanting Goshawk

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Melierax poliopterus

Large630 gShrubland

This species averages 49 to 55 cm (19 to 22 in) long, with a wingspan of 96 to 110 cm (38 to 43 in) and a tail length of 20 to 25 cm (7.9 to 9.8 in). Males average 85 percent the size of females. Like the other chanting goshawks, it resembles an accipiter but the tail is shorter and graduated (the feathers increase in length from the edges to the center), and the wings are broader. Adults have grey head, neck, breast, and upperparts, except for the white or lightly barred uppertail coverts. The belly has narrow grey and white bars and the undertail coverts are white.

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Pale Chanting Goshawk

Melierax canorus

Large663 gShrubland

This species is approximately 55 cm in length with a wingspan of 110 cm. The adult has grey upperparts with a white rump. The central tail feathers are black tipped with white and the outer tail feathers are barred grey and white. The head and upper breast are pale grey while the rest of the underparts are finely barred in dark grey and white. The eyes are dark brown in the adult and pale yellow in the immature. The bill is red at the base and dark grey at the tip. The cere, facial skin and long legs are also red.

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Recorded by Joris Komen · Call · Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Eastern Chanting Goshawk and Pale Chanting Goshawk.