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Accipiter luteoschistaceus

Alternative name: Grey Sparrowhawk; Slaty-backed Sparrowhawk; Slaty-mantled Goshawk

[edit] Identification

30-38 cm. Adults slaty-grey above and off-white below, orange bare parts. Juveniles have dusky crowns and are heavily barred black on tawny upperparts and white underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forest, open forest and cocoa plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

Its diet includes small lizards.

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