Gray-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Сивоглав ястреб |
| Catalan | astor capgrís |
| Croatian | novogvinejski kobac |
| Czech | krahujec šedobílý |
| Dutch | Bleke sperwer |
| English | Gray-headed Goshawk |
| English (United States) | Gray-headed Goshawk |
| Finnish | harmaalintuhaukka |
| French | Autour à tête grise |
| French (Canada) | Autour à tête grise |
| German | Aschkopfhabicht |
| Indonesian | Elang-alap pucat-sosonokan |
| Japanese | ハイガシラオオタカ |
| Norwegian | gråhodehauk |
| Polish | krogulec nowogwinejski |
| Russian | Сероголовый тетеревятник |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi kobac |
| Slovak | jastrab sivý |
| Spanish | Gavilán Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gavilán cabecigrís |
| Swedish | gråhuvad hök |
| Turkish | Gri Başlı Atmaca |
| Ukrainian | Яструб сіроголовий |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman contributed to the Systematics section. Brian L. Sullivan prepared the account for the 2024 Clements taxonomy update.
Tachyspiza poliocephala (Gray, 1858)
PROTONYM:
Accipiter poliocephalus
Gray, 1858. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 26, no.357, p.170.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aru Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TACHYSPIZA
- poliocephala / poliocephalum
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Gray-headed Goshawk
