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- Accipiter hiogaster
Identification
Distribution
Taxonomy
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: Bismarck Archipelago (Mussau)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of Grey Goshawk by some authors[2]
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- 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.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Variable Goshawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Variable_Goshawk