---
title: "Azor tachiro"
description: "Aerospiza tachiro — Aves. The African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) is an African species of bird of prey in the genus Aerospiza."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/african-goshawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Azor tachiro

> Aerospiza tachiro — Aves. The African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) is an African species of bird of prey in the genus Aerospiza.

- Scientific name: *Aerospiza tachiro*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 1193
- iNaturalist taxon: [1578973](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1578973)

## Names

- en: African Goshawk
- de: Afrikahabicht
- es: Azor tachiro
- fr: Autour tachiro

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (713), TZ (53), KE (43), MW (38), UG (29), ZM (25), ZW (20), GH (15), SZ (15), MZ (14), ET (13), GM (11)

## Summary

The African goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro) is an African species of bird of prey in the genus Aerospiza. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. The African goshawk was previously sometimes split with the red-chested goshawk (Aerospiza toussenelii) of west Africa treated as a separate species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_goshawk

## Photo

![Azor tachiro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-goshawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francois Wessels · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172468907

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-goshawk?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).