Pale Chanting Goshawk

Melierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799) — also called Pale Chanting-Goshawk, Cape Chanting Goshawk, PCGO. Occurrence records of the Pale Chanting Goshawk are shared on GBIF from around 49 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Addo Elephant National Park (1 668 records), in 6 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAccipitridae

49reserves with records

7 595records around them

6provinces

LCIUCN category

Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) — Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 668
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	1 117
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	904
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	835
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	624
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	447
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	362
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	276
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	199
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	166
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	145
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	135
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	109
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	74
Vrolijkheid Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	68
Cango WildlifeNature reserve	WC Western Cape	48
Amakhala Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	45
Kwandwe Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	44
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	31
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	26
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	25
Camdeboo National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	22
!Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	17
Aquila Safari Reserve DirectionsPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	14
Aquila Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	14
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	13
Sam Knott Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	11
Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve	LP Limpopo	11
Anysberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	11
Shamwari Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	10
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	9
Soopjeshoogte Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	9
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	9
El Dorado PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	7
Provincial Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	6
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	NC Northern Cape	5
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Commando Drift Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	4
Samara Karoo ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Billy Duvenhage Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	3
Doorspring Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Zeven Puts Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Brakputs Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	2
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Wentzel Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Mattanu Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	2
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 16 reserves
Northern Cape: 15 reserves
Eastern Cape: 12 reserves
Limpopo: 4 reserves
North West: 1 reserve
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Scientific name: Melierax canorus
GBIF taxon: 2480730
Wikidata: Q995756

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.

Pale Chanting Goshawk

Where it is recorded

By province

Taxonomy

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