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Dark Chanting Goshawk
Donkersingvalk · Melierax metabates
A handsome grey hawk with long orange-red legs, a red bill base and fine grey barring on its belly. It gets its name from the musical, piping song it 'chants' from a treetop in the breeding season. A patient hunter, it watches from a perch and pounces on lizards, snakes, insects and small birds below.
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A medium grey hawk with bright orange-red legs and cere, and a pale grey (finely barred) belly, perched upright on a tree.
Listen for its call
A musical piping 'klee-u, klee-u, klu-klu-klu' - the 'chant' that names it.
Where to see it in Kruger
Open woodland and savanna park-wide, usually perched prominently on a treetop or pole scanning for prey.
Did you know
In breeding season the male sings a melodious piping 'chant' from a high perch, which gives the bird its name.
Often confused with
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