Tachyspiza
Sign in to saveTachyspiza is a genus containing goshawks and sparrowhawks in the family Accipitridae. The species were formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Accipitrinae
- Image
- Little Banded Goshawk - Accipiter badius, Port Edward, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- taxon name
- Tachyspiza
- taxon rank
- genus
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Extinct species
- References
Tachyspiza is a genus containing goshawks and sparrowhawks in the family Accipitridae. The species were formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
==Taxonomy== The genus Tachyspiza was introduced in 1844 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup with Falco soloensis Horsfield (Chinese sparrowhawk) as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ταχυς (takhus) meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias) meaning "hawk".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tachyspiza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0