African Goshawk
African Goshawk
Here the details of the African Goshawk named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco tachiro TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.90
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Accipiter
Taxonomy Code: afrgos1
Type Locality: 'pays d''Auteniquoi'' = Knysna district, Cape Province.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
ACCIPITER
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Eurasian Sparrowhawk A. nisus) L. accipiter, accipitris hawk < accipere to grasp (the original meaning was “to understand” rather than “to seize”) (cf. Med. L. accipiter Sparrowhawk; ancipiter Goshawk; "another possible origin is from the Greek aci for 'swift' and pertrum [?πτερον] for 'wing'." (Clark & Davies 2018)); "Accipiter. Genus 8. ... Les femelles des Oiseaux de ce genre sont plus grandes que leurs mâles. Elles sont aussi mieux faites, plus fortes & plus courageuses. Pour cette raison on appelle les mâles Tiercelets; parce qu'ils sont d'environ un tiers plus petits que leurs femelles. ... **1. L'EPERVIER. ... ACCIPITER." (Brisson 1760): based on "Accipiter minor" of Gessner 1555, "Accipiter fringillarius" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nisus" of Willughby 1676, and Sibbald 1684, and numerous other references; "Accipiter Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 28, 310. Type, by tautonymy, Accipiter Brisson = Falco nisus Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, 205).
Synon. Aerospiza, Aesalon, Asterias, Astur, Chirospizias, Cooperastur, Daedalion, Dinospizias, Erythrospiza, Eunisus, Eusparvius, Hieraspiza, Ierax, Leptohierax, Leucospiza, Lophospiza, Neonisus, Nisastur, Nisuoides, Nisus, Paraspizias, Phabotypus, Scelospiza, Sparvius, Spilospiza, Tachyspiza, Teraspiza, Urospiza.
tachiro
Homophone < French tache spot, blotch; rond round; ex “Tachiro” (= ☼) of Levaillant 1798, pl. 24: “Tout le dessous du corps porte ... des taches brunes plus ou moins foncées: ces taches sont rondes ou semi-circulaires, et sur les jambs elles ont précisement la forme d’un coeur” (cf. erroneous “tachiro (Gr) = swift” (Hockey et al. 2005)) (Accipiter).
SUBSPECIES
African Goshawk (Ethiopian)
SCI Name: Accipiter tachiro unduliventer/croizati
ACCIPITER
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Eurasian Sparrowhawk A. nisus) L. accipiter, accipitris hawk < accipere to grasp (the original meaning was “to understand” rather than “to seize”) (cf. Med. L. accipiter Sparrowhawk; ancipiter Goshawk; "another possible origin is from the Greek aci for 'swift' and pertrum [?πτερον] for 'wing'." (Clark & Davies 2018)); "Accipiter. Genus 8. ... Les femelles des Oiseaux de ce genre sont plus grandes que leurs mâles. Elles sont aussi mieux faites, plus fortes & plus courageuses. Pour cette raison on appelle les mâles Tiercelets; parce qu'ils sont d'environ un tiers plus petits que leurs femelles. ... **1. L'EPERVIER. ... ACCIPITER." (Brisson 1760): based on "Accipiter minor" of Gessner 1555, "Accipiter fringillarius" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nisus" of Willughby 1676, and Sibbald 1684, and numerous other references; "Accipiter Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 28, 310. Type, by tautonymy, Accipiter Brisson = Falco nisus Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, 205).
Synon. Aerospiza, Aesalon, Asterias, Astur, Chirospizias, Cooperastur, Daedalion, Dinospizias, Erythrospiza, Eunisus, Eusparvius, Hieraspiza, Ierax, Leptohierax, Leucospiza, Lophospiza, Neonisus, Nisastur, Nisuoides, Nisus, Paraspizias, Phabotypus, Scelospiza, Sparvius, Spilospiza, Tachyspiza, Teraspiza, Urospiza.
African Goshawk (Eastern)
SCI Name: Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus
sparsimfasciatus
L. sparsim here and there, scattered < sparsus sprinkled < spargere to sprinkle; Late L. fasciatus banded < L. fascia band.
African Goshawk (Pemba)
SCI Name: Accipiter tachiro pembaensis
pembae / pembaensis
Pemba I., Zanzibar.
African Goshawk (Southern)
SCI Name: Accipiter tachiro tachiro
tachiro
Homophone < French tache spot, blotch; rond round; ex “Tachiro” (= ☼) of Levaillant 1798, pl. 24: “Tout le dessous du corps porte ... des taches brunes plus ou moins foncées: ces taches sont rondes ou semi-circulaires, et sur les jambs elles ont précisement la forme d’un coeur” (cf. erroneous “tachiro (Gr) = swift” (Hockey et al. 2005)) (Accipiter).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)