The Hunter!
The dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
The dark chanting goshawk is a medium sized, bulky hawk with an upright stance. The head, breast and upperparts are essentially dark grey, while the underparts, other then the breast, are white, finely barred with black. The wing primaries are black, and the tail has broad black and white bars. The cere and the long legs are orange-red.
The dark chanting goshawk preys on a wide variety of animals, especially mammals, birds and reptiles; these are normally hunted from a perch, from which the bird swoops to capture prey on the ground or in the air.
This Dark-chanting Goshawk was enjoying the fruits of it's hard earned labour and was photographed near the cliffs of Lake Baringo, Kenya.
The Hunter!
The dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
The dark chanting goshawk is a medium sized, bulky hawk with an upright stance. The head, breast and upperparts are essentially dark grey, while the underparts, other then the breast, are white, finely barred with black. The wing primaries are black, and the tail has broad black and white bars. The cere and the long legs are orange-red.
The dark chanting goshawk preys on a wide variety of animals, especially mammals, birds and reptiles; these are normally hunted from a perch, from which the bird swoops to capture prey on the ground or in the air.
This Dark-chanting Goshawk was enjoying the fruits of it's hard earned labour and was photographed near the cliffs of Lake Baringo, Kenya.