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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erythrotriorchis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
| Erythrotriorchis | |
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| A male Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) in flight | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
| Genus: | Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Falco radiatus[1] Latham, 1801 | |
It contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut-shouldered goshawk
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Erythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow, 1914) |
New Guinea. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Red goshawk
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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: |
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"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.
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.
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