Erythrotriorchis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: |
Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, 1875 |
Erythrotriorchis is a genus of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It contains the following species:
"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 definedErythrotriorchis in 1875 as a new monotypic genus for Falco radiatus.
Peters also included E. doriae in the genus, though Doria's goshawk is now classified separately as Megatriorchis doriae.