Tachyspiza
Genus of birds
Tachyspiza genus containing goshawks and sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae . The species were formerly placed in the genus Accipiter
Taxonomy
The genus Tachyspiza was introduced in 1844 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup with Falco soloensis Horsfield (Chinese sparrowhawk ) as the type species .[ 1] Ancient Greek ταχυς (takhus ) meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias ) meaning "hawk".[ 2]
Species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Accipiter Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequent rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus Tachyspiza was resurrected to contain 27 species that were previously placed in Accipiter .[ 3] [ 4]
The genus contains 27 species:[ 4]
Shikra , Tachyspiza badia – Afrotropics and AsiaNicobar sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza butleri – Nicobar Islands Levant sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza brevipes – breeds southeast Europe to west Kazakhstan; winters in central AfricaChinese sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza soloensis – breeds east Siberia, Korean Peninsula and China; winters south China and Taiwan through Philippines and Indonesian archipelago to Maluku Islands Frances's sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza francesiae – Comoros (except Mohéli ) and Madagascar Spot-tailed sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza trinotata – Sulawesi Grey goshawk , Tachyspiza novaehollandiae – north, east AustraliaVariable goshawk , Tachyspiza hiogaster – Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea , Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands Brown goshawk , Tachyspiza fasciata – AustraliaBlack-mantled goshawk , Tachyspiza melanochlamys – montane New GuineaPied goshawk , Tachyspiza albogularis – Solomon Islands White-bellied goshawk , Tachyspiza haplochroa – Grande Terre (New Caledonia )Fiji goshawk , Tachyspiza rufitorques – Fiji Moluccan goshawk , Tachyspiza henicogramma – north Moluccas Slaty-mantled goshawk , Tachyspiza luteoschistacea – southeast Bismarck Archipelago Imitator goshawk , Tachyspiza imitator – north, east Solomon Islands Grey-headed goshawk , Tachyspiza poliocephala – New Guinea New Britain goshawk , Tachyspiza princeps – New Britain Red-thighed sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza erythropus – west, west-central AfricaLittle sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza minulla – south, south-central, east AfricaJapanese sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza gularis – breeds east Palearctic; winters Southeast AsiaBesra , Tachyspiza virgata – south, southeast AsiaDwarf sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza nanus – Sulawesi Rufous-necked sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza erythrauchen – Moluccas Collared sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza cirrocephala – New Guinea and AustraliaNew Britain sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza brachyura – New Britain and New Ireland Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk , Tachyspiza rhodogaster – Sulawesi , Banggai and Sula Islands
Extinct species
References
^ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1844). Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel 116– 117.^ Jobling, James A. "Tachyspiza" . The Key to Scientific Names . Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 21 August 2024 . ^ Catanach, T.A.; Halley, M.R.; Pirro, S. (2024). "Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society : blae028. doi :10.1093/biolinnean/blae028 . ^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (August 2024). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors" . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 August 2024 .
