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Doria's Goshawk - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 14:52, 20 March 2009 by Kits (talk | contribs)
Photo by Harper Mark Harper
Photographed at Varirata, Papua New Guinea
Megatriorchis doriae

Identification

69cm.

  • Grey brown
  • Upperparts have black bars
  • White below
  • Black streak behind eye
  • Black barred crown
  • Dark brown iris
  • Black bill
  • Green yellow legs
  • Sexes alike; female slightly larger

Distribution

New Guinea and Batanta Island, western New Guinea

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

Lowland rainforest.

Behaviour

The diet includes birds and small animals.

References

Wikipedia

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