Brown Goshawk
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Photo © pimelea — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #196406143The brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. == Taxonomy == The brown goshawk was formally described in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield under the binomial name Astur fasciatus. The type locality is the state of New South Wales in eastern Australia. The brown goshawk was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. In 2024 a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae confirmed earlier work that had shown that the genus was polyphyletic. To resolve the non-monophyly, Accipiter was divided into six genera. The genus Tachyspiza was resurrected to accommodate the brown goshawk together with 26 other species that had previously been placed in Accipiter. The resurrected genus had been introduced in 1844 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ταχυς (takhus) meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias) meaning "hawk". The specific epithet fasciatus, fasciata is Late Latin meaning "banded" or "striped". Thirteen subspecies are recognised: T. f. natalis (Lister, 1889) – Christmas Island (south of west Java) T. f. wallacii (Sharpe, 1874) – Lombok to Babar Islands…
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