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Paleotropical and Australasian Accipiters

Tachyspiza fasciata

Classification

Class
Aves

The brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. Taxonomy The brown goshawk was formally described in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield under the binomial name Astur fasciatus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 152