Social Structure

Eastern chanting-goshawks are typically solitary and are often seen alone or in pairs sitting at the top of a tree or utility pole.

Communication

Some experts say calls can sound like a squeaking song; the calls vary during flight, when begging for food, or when alarmed.

Behavior

These birds are known for quickly swooping from a high perch or in flight to catch their prey; they sometimes run after prey, but this is not typical.

Conservation

Least concern

Diet

Favored prey includes lizards, snakes, small birds, rodents, and some insects.

Breeding

After moonlit courtship flights, the pair builds a small stick nest that is protected by foliage. The female performs most of the egg incubation. Chicks fledge around 50 days after they hatch.

Friends & Foes

Eastern chanting-goshawks suffer when their habitat is overgrazed or destroyed by elephants.

Population in Kenya

Kenya populations are stable.

Range & Habitat

Eastern chanting-goshawks are common in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

These birds are widespread in dry thorn woodland and savanna.