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ShrublandPlatform nestLarge · 663 g
What the Pale Chanting Goshawk sounds like
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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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When to see the Pale Chanting Goshawk
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pale Chanting Goshawk
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Uganda.
About the Pale Chanting Goshawk
The pale chanting goshawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This hawk breeds in southern Africa and is a resident species of dry, open semi-desert with 75 cm or less annual rainfall. It is commonly seen perched on roadside telephone poles.
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Easily confused with
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabatesThe dark chanting goshawk is a medium-sized, bulky hawk with an upright stance.
Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterusThis 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).
Side by side: Dark Chanting Goshawk vs Pale Chanting Goshawk · Eastern Chanting Goshawk vs Pale Chanting Goshawk
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