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==Taxonomy== |
==Taxonomy== |
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The red goshawk was first described by the English ornithologist [[John Latham (ornithologist)|John Latham]] in 1801 under the [[binomial name]] ''Falco radiatus''.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Latham | first=John | author-link=John Latham (ornithologist) | year=1801 | title=Supplementum indicis ornithologici sive systematis ornithologiae | place=London | publisher=Leigh & Sotheby | language=Latin | url= |
The red goshawk was first described by the English ornithologist [[John Latham (ornithologist)|John Latham]] in 1801 under the [[binomial name]] ''Falco radiatus''.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Latham | first=John | author-link=John Latham (ornithologist) | year=1801 | title=Supplementum indicis ornithologici sive systematis ornithologiae | place=London | publisher=Leigh & Sotheby | language=Latin | url=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33261386 | page=xii }}</ref> |
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The species used to be regarded as a very large member of the [[goshawk subfamily]], [[Accipitrinae]], but it is now believed that the resemblance to these other birds is [[convergent evolution|convergent]]. Experts now group the red goshawk with the superficially dissimilar [[black-breasted buzzard]] ''Hamirostra melanosternon'' and [[square-tailed kite]] ''Lophoictinia isura'' 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 millions of years have diverged into their current forms. |
The species used to be regarded as a very large member of the [[goshawk subfamily]], [[Accipitrinae]], but it is now believed that the resemblance to these other birds is [[convergent evolution|convergent]]. Experts now group the red goshawk with the superficially dissimilar [[black-breasted buzzard]] ''Hamirostra melanosternon'' and [[square-tailed kite]] ''Lophoictinia isura'' 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 millions of years have diverged into their current forms. |