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Dark Chanting Goshawk

(Melierax metabates)
Size: 38-48 cm; wing span 95-110 cm

Sightings

The identification of this bird is uncertain; we tentatively identify it as a juvenile Dark Chanting Goshawk. Seen in May 2010, near Quriyyat, about 100 km east of Muscat.

Photos

Juvenile Dark Chanting Goshawk(?) with a big gap in one of its wings

These pages are largely based on our own observations. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.