Goshawk may refer to several species of birds of prey, mainly in the genus ''
Accipiter
''Accipiter'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. With 51 recognized species it is the most diverse genus in its family. Most species are called goshawks or sparrowhawks, although almost all New World species (excepting th ...
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Northern goshawk
The northern goshawk (; ''Accipiter gentilis'') is a species of medium-large raptor in the family Accipitridae, a family which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. As a species in the genus '' Acci ...
, ''Accipiter gentilis'', often referred to simply as the goshawk, since it is the only goshawk found in much of its range (in Europe and North America)
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Crested goshawk, ''Accipiter trivirgatus''
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Sulawesi goshawk, ''Accipiter griseiceps''
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Red-chested goshawk, ''Accipiter toussenelii''
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African goshawk, ''Accipiter tachiro''
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Imitator goshawk, ''Accipiter imitator''
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Grey goshawk, ''Accipiter novaehollandiae''
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Brown goshawk
The brown goshawk (''Accipiter fasciatus'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands.
Description
Its upperparts are grey with a chestnut collar; its underparts are mainly rufous, f ...
, ''Accipiter fasciatus''
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Christmas goshawk
The Christmas goshawk (''Accipiter fasciatus natalis'') or Christmas Island goshawk, is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Ind ...
, ''Accipiter (fasciatus) natalis''
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Black-mantled goshawk, ''Accipiter melanochlamys''
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Slaty-mantled goshawk ''Accipiter luteoschistaceus ''
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Pied goshawk
The pied goshawk (''Accipiter albogularis'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found on Bougainville Island and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropica ...
, ''Accipiter albogularis''
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Fiji goshawk, ''Accipiter rufitorques''
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White-bellied goshawk, ''Accipiter haplochrous''
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Moluccan goshawk, ''Accipiter henicogrammus''
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Grey-headed goshawk, ''Accipiter poliocephalus''
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New Britain goshawk, ''Accipiter princeps''
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Henst's goshawk, ''Accipiter henstii''
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Meyer's goshawk, ''Accipiter meyerianus''
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Shikra, ''Accipiter badius''
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Powerful goshawk
The powerful goshawk (''Accipiter efficax''), also referred to as the greater New Caledonian goshawk, is an extinct species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was endemic to the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the southwest P ...
, ''Accipiter efficax''
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Gracile goshawk
The gracile goshawk (''Accipiter quartus'') is an extinct species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was endemic to the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific region. It was described from subfossil bones fou ...
, ''Accipiter quartus''
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Gabar goshawk, ''Micronisus gabar''
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Dark chanting goshawk
The dark chanting goshawk (''Melierax metabates'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia, with an isolated and declining population in southern Morocco.
Description
Th ...
, ''Melierax metabates''
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Eastern chanting goshawk, ''Melierax poliopterus''
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Pale chanting goshawk, ''Melierax canorus''
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Red goshawk, ''Erythrotriorchis radiatus''
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Chestnut-shouldered goshawk
The chestnut-shouldered goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis buergersi'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's seco ...
, ''Erythrotriorchis buergersi''
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Doria's goshawk
Doria's goshawk or Doria's hawk, (''Megatriorchis doriae'') is a raptor, the only member of the genus ''Megatriorchis''.
Description
At up to 69 cm long, it is among the biggest hawks in the broad sense. It is greyish-brown with a black-ba ...
, ''Megatriorchis doriae''
{{Animal common name
Accipitridae
Birds of prey