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Accipiter hiogaster

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• A. h. sylvestris : Lesser Sundas
• A. h. polionotus: Banda and Tanimbar islands (eastern Indonesian Archipelago)
• A. h. albiventris: Tayandu and Kai islands (eastern Indonesian Archipelago)
• A. h. obiensis: Obi Islands (central Moluccas)
• A. h. griseogularis: Northern Moluccas (Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan)
• A. h. mortyi: Morotai Islands (northern Moluccas)
• A. h. hiogaster: South Moluccas
• A. h. pallidiceps: Buru Island (southern Moluccas)
• A. h. leucosomus: New Guinea
• A. h. pallidimas: D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
• A. h. manusi: Admiralty Islands
• A. h. bougainvillei: Bougainville (northern Solomon Islands)
• A. h. rufoschistaceus : Solomon Islands (Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Florida Group)
• A. h. rubianae: Central Solomon Islands
• A. h. pulchellus: Guadalcanal (south-western Solomon Islands)
• A. h. malaitae: Malaita (south-eastern Solomon Islands)
• A. h. misulae: Louisiade Archipelago
• A. h. misoriensis: Biak Island (New Guinea)
• A. h. dampieri: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago)
• A. h. lavongai: Bismarck Archipelago (New Hanover and New Ireland)
• A. h. lihirensis: Bismarck Archipelago (Lihir and Tanga)
• A. h. matthiae: St. Matthias Island (Bismarck Archipelago)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Grey Goshawk by some authors^[2]

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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