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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Dark Chanting-Goshawk being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Melierax canorus
• Melierax poliopterus
• Micronisus gabar
• Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Melierax

Species

Melierax metabates

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