Beautifully taxidermy white goshawk. This unique hawk was born and died in captivity and comes with the appropriate cites document. The goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the hawk family (Accipitridae). The scientific name of the species was published as Falco gentilis in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus.[2] The hawk inhabits the Arctic to subtropical zones of the Holarctic.