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| Frances' Goshawk | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Accipiter |
| Species: | A. francesiae |
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| Accipiter francesiae Smith, 1834 |
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Frances' Goshawk (Accipiter francesiae) is a small hawk. The nominate subspecies, A. f. francesiae, is endemic to Madagascar. The race from Anjouan, Accipiter francesiae pusillus is possibly extinct.
The name commemorates Lady Frances Cole, wife of the Cape Colony governor Lowry Cole.
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). Accipiter francesiae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 February 2009.
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