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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk 



ABBREVIATION : 
ACGE

COMMON NAMES : 
   northern goshawk
   goshawk
   American goshawk
   bluehen hawk
   blue darter
   partridge hawk
   dove hawk
   chicken hawk
   Apache northern goshawk


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the northern goshawk is
Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus).  There are two recognized subspecies in
North America:  A. g. ssp. atricapillus (Wilson) and A. g. ssp. laingi
(Taverner) [1].  Accipiter genitilis ssp. apache (Rossem), formerly
recognized as a distinct subspecies, has been included in the taxon A.
g. ssp. atricapillus by the American Ornithologist's Union [16].


ORDER : 
Falconiformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
Notice of Review, Category 2

OTHER STATUS : 
Region 3 of the U.S. Forest Service has listed northern goshawk as a
sensitive species [7].  South Dakota has listed it as an uncommon
species that merits monitoring [9].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Randy Scott Griffith, July 1993.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 



AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Griffith, Randy S. 1993. Accipiter gentilis. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk