Red Goshawks
Birds of Prey ... The Sport of Falconry
The Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) is probably the rarest Australian bird of prey.
Distribution / Range
It is found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia, particularly near watercourses. It takes a broad range of live prey, mostly birds
Taxonomy
The Red Goshawk used to be regarded as a very large member of the goshawk subfamily, but it is now believed that the goshawk resemblance is convergent (= adaptive evolution of superficially similar features in unrelated species).
Experts now group the Red Goshawk with the superficially dissimilar Black-breasted Buzzard and Square-tailed Kite as one of the Australasian old endemic raptors.
It is believed that the ancestors of these birds, possibly together with a handful of species from South-east Asia and Africa, occupied Gondwana and over the millennia have diverged into their current forms.
Diet / Feeding
This bird of prey hunts a wide range of live prey, particularly birds.
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