Erythrotriorchis
| Erythrotriorchis | |
|---|---|
| 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:[1]
- Chestnut-shouldered goshawk (Erythrotriorchis buergersi)
- Red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
Etymology
"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.
Taxonomy
Latham described the red goshawk as Falco radiatus in 1801. Sharpe defined[2] Erythrotriorchis in 1875 as a new monotypic genus for Falco radiatus.
Peters also included E. doriae in the genus,[3] though Doria's goshawk is now classified separately as Megatriorchis doriae.
References
- ↑ "Erythrotriorchis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ↑ As cited by Peters: Sharpe (1875). Proc. Zoöl. Soc. London: 337. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Peters, James Lee (1931). Check-list of birds of the world: volume 1. Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.: Harvard University Press. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.14581. p. 225
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