Erythrotriorchis
Erythrotriorchis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains the following species:[2]
- Chestnut-shouldered goshawk (Erythrotriorchis buergersi)
- Red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
Erythrotriorchis | |
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A male Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) in flight | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, 1875 |
Type species | |
Falco radiatus[1] Latham, 1801 |
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.
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(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
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