Monday, March 19, 2012

>Accipiter francesii (Frances's Sparrowhawk)

Frances's Sparrowhawk


Frances' Goshawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Accipiter
Species:A. francesiae
Binomial name
Accipiter francesiae
Smith, 1834
Frances' Goshawk (Accipiter francesiae) is a small hawk. The nominate subspecies, A. f. francesiae, is endemic to Madagascar. The race from Anjouan, Accipiter francesiae pusillus is possibly extinct.
The name commemorates Lady Frances Cole, wife of the Cape Colony governor Lowry Cole.

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