Erythrotriorchis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains the following species:[2]
Erythrotriorchis | |
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A male Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) in flight | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
Genus: | Erythrotriorchis Sharpe, 1875 |
Type species | |
Falco radiatus[1] Latham, 1801
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"Erythro-" is from a Greek word for "red", and "triorchis" meant a kind of hawk thought to have three testicles. For further details see Eutriorchis.
Latham described the red goshawk as Falco radiatus in 1801. Sharpe defined[3] Erythrotriorchis in 1875 as a new monotypic genus for Falco radiatus.
Peters also included E. doriae in the genus,[4] though Doria's goshawk is now classified separately as Megatriorchis doriae.
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