Goshawk on the Lookout!
The Eastern (pale) Chanting Goshawk or Somali chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) is a bird of prey of East Africa.
It occurs in semidesert, dry bush, and wooded grassland up to 2000 m in southern Ethiopia, Djibouti, western Somalia, eastern Kenya, northeastern Tanzania, and adjacent Uganda.
The eastern chanting goshawk is usually seen alone. It often perches on the tops of trees and utility poles. Its wingbeats are shallow and "straight-arm". It holds its wings flat, or sometimes in a V, when it glides.
This beautiful Eastern Chanting Goshawk was photographed on a late evening game drive in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.
Goshawk on the Lookout!
The Eastern (pale) Chanting Goshawk or Somali chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) is a bird of prey of East Africa.
It occurs in semidesert, dry bush, and wooded grassland up to 2000 m in southern Ethiopia, Djibouti, western Somalia, eastern Kenya, northeastern Tanzania, and adjacent Uganda.
The eastern chanting goshawk is usually seen alone. It often perches on the tops of trees and utility poles. Its wingbeats are shallow and "straight-arm". It holds its wings flat, or sometimes in a V, when it glides.
This beautiful Eastern Chanting Goshawk was photographed on a late evening game drive in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.