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Melierax

Melierax
Pale Chanting Goshawk .jpg
Melierax canorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Melierax
G.R. Gray, 1840


Melierax is a genus of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species:

The name Melierax is a combination of the Greek words melos, meaning "song" and hierax, meaning "hawk".


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