Aerospiza
| Aerospiza | |
|---|---|
| Female African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
| Genus: | Roberts, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Falco tachio Daudin, 1800
| |
Aerospiza is a genus containing goshawks and a sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae that are found in Africa. The two species in the genus were formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
Taxonomy
The genus Aerospiza was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Falco tachio, Daudin, 1800 (the African goshawk) as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek αηρ (aēr), αερος (aeros) meaning "air" with σπιζιας (spizias) meaning "hawk".[3] Species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Accipiter. Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequently rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus Aerospiza was resurrected to contain two species that were previously placed in Accipiter.[4]<[5]
The genus contains 2 species:[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African goshawk
|
Aerospiza tachiro (Daudin, 1800) Eight subspecies
|
widespread across Africa |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
|
Aerospiza castanilius (Bonaparte, 1853) Two subspecies
|
west-central Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
References
- ^ Roberts, Austin (1922). "Review of the nomenclature of South African birds". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (4): 187–272 [208].
- ^ Sangster, G.; Kirwan, G.M.; Fuchs, J.; Dickinson, E.C.; Elliott, A.; Gregory, S.M.S. (2021). "A new genus for the tiny hawk Accipiter superciliosus and semicollared hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the crested goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi goshawk A. griseiceps". Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 419–424. doi:10.3897/vz.71.e67501.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Aerospiza". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Catanach, T.A.; Halley, M.R.; Pirro, S. (2024). "Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: blae028. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blae028.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 March 2025.