African Goshawk vs Black-faced Tanager

Accipiter tachiro compared with Schistochlamys melanopis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Goshawk	Black-faced Tanager
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Thraupidae
Genus	Accipiter	Schistochlamys
Species	Accipiter tachiro	Schistochlamys melanopis

Evolutionary Relationship

African Goshawk and Black-faced Tanager share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

African Goshawk

LC — Least Concern

Black-faced Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Goshawk	Black-faced Tanager
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Goshawk

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Black-faced Tanager

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

African Goshawk

The African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) is a species in the genus Accipiter. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Black-faced Tanager

A medium-sized tanager with a distinctive black face mask contrasting with grey-white body plumage, black-faced tanagers inhabit forest edges, secondary woodland, cerrado, and open scrub across a broad range from Colombia and Venezuela south through the Guianas and Brazil. They are adaptable birds tolerant of disturbed and degraded habitats, foraging on fruit, berries, and insects in pairs and small groups. Listed as Least Concern and among the more common tanagers in disturbed habitats across northern South America.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway