Northern goshawk

Northern goshawk
Adult
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Accipiter
Species:	A. gentilis
Binomial name
Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
Accipiter gentilis albidus Accipiter gentilis apache Accipiter gentilis arrigonii Accipiter gentilis atricapillus Accipiter gentilis buteoides Accipiter gentilis fujiyamae Accipiter gentilis gentilis Accipiter gentilis laingi Accipiter gentilis marginatus Accipiter gentilis schvedowi (eastern goshawk)[2]
Range of A. gentilis   Resident   Non-breeding
Synonyms
Falco gentilis Linnaeus, 1758

The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is a medium-large raptor in the family Accipitridae.

There are other species in this genus, but this bird is spoken of as the goshawk because it has a wide range over most of Europe, Eurasia and North America.^[3] Probably only the golden eagle has a wider range.

The goshawk is a "true hawk",^[4] and its scientific name in Latin is Accipiter, which means "hawk".

In the Middle Ages only the nobility were permitted to fly goshawks for falconry.^[5]

It is mainly a resident bird, but those from colder regions migrate south for the winter.^[3] In North America, migratory goshawks are often seen migrating south along mountain ridge tops at nearly any time of the fall, depending on latitude.^[6]

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Accipiter gentilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. ↑ "Astur gentilis schvedowi AVIS-IBIS". 10 September 2014.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-12762-7.
4. ↑ Brown, Leslie; Amadon, Dean (1986). Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Wellfleet. ISBN 978-1555214722.
5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 30, 171–172. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
6. ↑ Squires, J.; Reynolds, R. (1997). Northern Goshawk in. Vol. 298. pp. 2–27. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)