Erythrotriorchis
| Erythrotriorchis | |
|---|---|
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| A male Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) in flight | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
| Genus: | Sharpe, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Falco radiatus[1] Latham, 1801 | |
Erythrotriorchis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Species
It contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut-shouldered goshawk
| Erythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow, 1914) | New Guinea. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | DD
|
| Red goshawk
| Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham, 1801) | Far North Queensland, Kakadu Savanna and the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, and Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley region of Western Australia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
|
Etymology
"Erythro-" is from a Greek word for "red", and "triorchis" meant a kind of hawk thought to have three testicles. For further details see Eutriorchis.
Taxonomy
Latham described the red goshawk as Falco radiatus in 1801. Sharpe defined[3] Erythrotriorchis in 1875 as a new monotypic genus for Falco radiatus.
Peters also included E. doriae in the genus,[4] though Doria's goshawk is now classified separately as Megatriorchis doriae.
References
- ^ "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Erythrotriorchis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ As cited by Peters: Sharpe (1875). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.: 337.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Peters, James Lee (1931). Check-list of birds of the world: volume 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.14581. S2CID 41950882. p. 225
