---
title: "Zanghavik"
description: "Melierax canorus — Vogels. The pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pale-chanting-goshawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zanghavik

> Melierax canorus — Vogels. The pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) is a  bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Melierax canorus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 4148
- Wikidata: [Q995756](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q995756)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5338](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5338)

## Names

- en: Pale Chanting-Goshawk
- de: Großer Singhabicht
- es: Azor lagartijero claro
- fr: Autour chanteur
- nl: Zanghavik
- pt: Açor-cantor-pálido
- pl: Jastrzębiak jasny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2514), NA (1283), BW (256), AO (11)

## Summary

The pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) is a  bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. 
This hawk breeds in southern Africa and is a resident species of dry, open semi-desert with 75 cm or less annual rainfall. It is commonly seen perched on roadside telephone poles.

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

## Photo

![Zanghavik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-chanting-goshawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290416699

## Machine access

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