Aerospiza is a genus containing goshawks and a sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae that are found in Africa.

The genus Aerospiza was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Falco tachio, Daudin, 1800 (the African goshawk) as the type species.

[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek αηρ (aēr), αερος (aeros) meaning "air" with σπιζιας (spizias) meaning "hawk".

Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequently rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus Aerospiza was resurrected to contain three species that were previously placed in Accipiter.

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