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'''Alternative names: Crested Hawk,  Baza, Pacific Cuckoo-Falcon'''
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[[Image:Pacific_Baza.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Tom+Tarrant|Tom Tarrant}}<br />Samsonvale, [[Queensland]], October 2002]]
 
;[[:Category:Aviceda|Aviceda]] subcristata
 
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[[Image:Pacific_Baza.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant<br />Location: Samsonvale, SE Queensland]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Also known as the Crested Hawk or Baza, or the Pacific Cuckoo-Falcon
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35–46 cm; long tail and prominent crest
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*Grey head, neck and breast
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Medium sized.  This hawk has a long tail and prominent crest.  The head, neck and breast are grey and the underparts are white with bold dark banding.  It has short legs.  The eyes are yellow and domed.  The female is heavier and browner on the crown than the male.
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*White underparts with bold dark banding
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*Short legs
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*Yellow eyes<br />
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The female is heavier and browner on the crown than the male.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Pacific-Baza-4880W.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Gold Coast, [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], September 2013]]
 
Northern and eastern [[Australia]], Indo-Malayan peninsula, [[New Guinea]] and nearby islands and the [[Solomon Islands]].   
 
Northern and eastern [[Australia]], Indo-Malayan peninsula, [[New Guinea]] and nearby islands and the [[Solomon Islands]].   
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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About 16 subspecies are recognised: nominate race is found in eastern and north-eastern Australia, ''njikena'' in north-western Australia. Race ''timorlaoensis'' is found from Lombok to Timor and Babar, ''rufa'' in the Obi Islands and North Moluccas, ''stresemanni'' on Buru, ''reinwardtii'' on Seram and Ambon, ''pallida'' in the Kei Islands, ''obscura'' on Biak, ''waigeuensis'' on Waigeo, ''stenozona'' in western New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Misol, ''megala'' in eastern New Guinea, Fergusson and Goodenough Islands, ''bismarckii'' in New Britain, New Ireland and New Hanover, ''coultasi'' in the Admiralty Islands and Manus, ''gurneyi'' on San Cristobal, Ugi, Santa Anna, Malaita and Guadalcanal, ''robusta'' on Choiseul and Ysabel Islands, and ''proxima'' on Bougainville and Shortland Islands.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 13 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''A. s. timorlaoensis'': [[Lesser Sundas]] and islands off [[Sulawesi]]
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*''A. s. pallida'': Seram Laut (Manawoka and Gorong) and Kai Islands
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*''A. s. reinwardtii'': South [[Moluccas]] (Boano, Seram, Ambon and Haruku)
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*''A. s. stresemanni'': Buru (central Moluccas)
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*''A. s. rufa'': Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Bacan and Obi)
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*''A. s. waigeuensis'': Waigeo Island (off northern [[New Guinea]])
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*''A. s. obscura'': Biak Island (off northern New Guinea)
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*''A. s. stenozona'': Aru Islands and western New Guinea
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*''A. s. megala'': Eastern New Guinea
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*''A. s. coultasi'': Admiralty Islands
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*''A. s. bismarckii'': Bismarck Archipelago
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*''A. s. gurneyi'': Solomon Islands
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*''A. s. subcristata'': Northern and eastern [[Australia]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Tropical and subtropical woodlands and forest and sometimes grasslands, farmlands and urban areas. They prefer well-watered areas.
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Rain and swamp forests and forest edges, mangroves, grasslands, farmlands and urban areas. They prefer well-watered areas.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Its diet includes large insects, particularly stick insects and mantids, frogs and fruit.  
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====Diet====
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[[Dictionary_M-O#O|Omnivorous]]. Their mains diet includes large insects, particularly stick insects and mantids, frogs, lizards and fruit.  
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The nest is flimsy and flat and made of sticks; it is placed high in the upper leafy branches of a tree. 2-4 eggs are laid.  Both parents brood and feed the chicks.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is flimsy and flat and made of sticks; it is placed high in the upper leafy branches of a tree. The clutch consists of 2-4 eggs.  Both adults brood and feed the chicks.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
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#Birds in Backyards
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Aviceda+subcristata}}     
 
{{GSearch|Aviceda+subcristata}}     
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*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=42&bid=557 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aviceda]]
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{{Video|Pacific_Baza}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aviceda]] [[Category:Videos]]

Revision as of 00:23, 11 December 2014

Alternative names: Crested Hawk, Baza, Pacific Cuckoo-Falcon

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Samsonvale, Queensland, October 2002
Aviceda subcristata

Identification

35–46 cm; long tail and prominent crest

  • Grey head, neck and breast
  • White underparts with bold dark banding
  • Short legs
  • Yellow eyes

The female is heavier and browner on the crown than the male.

Distribution

Male
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, September 2013

Northern and eastern Australia, Indo-Malayan peninsula, New Guinea and nearby islands and the Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 13 subspecies[1]:

  • A. s. timorlaoensis: Lesser Sundas and islands off Sulawesi
  • A. s. pallida: Seram Laut (Manawoka and Gorong) and Kai Islands
  • A. s. reinwardtii: South Moluccas (Boano, Seram, Ambon and Haruku)
  • A. s. stresemanni: Buru (central Moluccas)
  • A. s. rufa: Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Bacan and Obi)
  • A. s. waigeuensis: Waigeo Island (off northern New Guinea)
  • A. s. obscura: Biak Island (off northern New Guinea)
  • A. s. stenozona: Aru Islands and western New Guinea
  • A. s. megala: Eastern New Guinea
  • A. s. coultasi: Admiralty Islands
  • A. s. bismarckii: Bismarck Archipelago
  • A. s. gurneyi: Solomon Islands
  • A. s. subcristata: Northern and eastern Australia

Habitat

Rain and swamp forests and forest edges, mangroves, grasslands, farmlands and urban areas. They prefer well-watered areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Omnivorous. Their mains diet includes large insects, particularly stick insects and mantids, frogs, lizards and fruit.

Breeding

The nest is flimsy and flat and made of sticks; it is placed high in the upper leafy branches of a tree. The clutch consists of 2-4 eggs. Both adults brood and feed the chicks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
  3. Birds in Backyards

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