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Subspecies sylvestris
Photo by James Eaton
Potawangka, Flores, Indonesia, June 2005
Accipiter hiogaster

Identification

Distribution

Taxonomy

This taxon is considered a conspecific with Grey Goshawk by some authors[2]

Subspecies

Twenty-two subspecies are recognized[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. misoriensis: Biak Island (New Guinea)
  • A. h. manusi: Admiralty Islands
  • A. h. pallidimas: D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
  • A. h. misulae: Louisiade Archipelago
  • A. h. matthiae: Bismarck Archipelago (Mussau)
  • 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. bougainvillei: Bougainville (northern Solomon Islands)
  • A. h. rufoschistaceus : Solomon Islands (Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Florida Group)
  • A. h. rubianae: Central Solomon Islands (New Georgia group)
  • A. h. malaitae: Malaita (south-eastern Solomon Islands)
  • A. h. pulchellus: Guadalcanal (south-western Solomon Islands)

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Avibase

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