Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Usually alone on a high perch
...in northeast Sub-Saharan Africa.
Melierax poliopterus
(L 18-25" WS 38-43" )
Road from Lake Naivasha
to Masai Mara
21Oct2014
To shoot a Goshawk does not
increase the number of Grouse.
          (Roger Tory Peterson)
Melierax in Greek means
song hawk; poliopterus in
Greek means gray winged.
© Peter
Boesman
Macaulay
Library
International