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title: "Brown Goshawk"
description: "Tachyspiza fasciata — Vogels. The brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-goshawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Goshawk

> Tachyspiza fasciata — Vogels. The brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands.

- Scientific name: *Tachyspiza fasciata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 5005
- iNaturalist taxon: [1583256](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1583256)

## Names

- en: Brown Goshawk
- de: Bänderhabicht
- es: Azor australiano
- fr: Autour australien

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4081), CX (96), NC (22), PG (14), ID (8), TL (6)

## Summary

The brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.

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

## Photo

![Brown Goshawk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-goshawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rob Gordon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148678408

## Machine access

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