Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusMelierax (Chanting-Goshawks)
- SpeciesMelierax metabates (Dark Chanting-Goshawk)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo West National Park
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Wahlberg's Eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Dark Chanting-Goshawk at Tsavo West National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there