Variable goshawk

The variable goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster) is a bird of prey native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It was recently elevated to species status, and was previously lumped together with the grey goshawk.

Variable goshawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species:
A. hiogaster
Binomial name
Accipiter hiogaster
(S Müller, 1841)

Subspecies include:[2]

  • A. h. sylvestris - Wallace, 1864
  • A. h. polionotus (Salvadori, 1889)
  • A. h. mortyi (Hartert, 1925)
  • A. h. griseogularis (Gray, GR, 1861)
  • A. h. obiensis - Hartert, 1903
  • A. h. hiogaster (Müller, S, 1841)
  • A. h. pallidiceps (Salvadori, 1879)
  • A. h. albiventris (Salvadori, 1876)
  • A. h. leucosomus (Sharpe, 1874)
  • A. h. misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876)
  • A. h. pallidimas - Mayr, 1940
  • A. h. misulae - Mayr, 1940
  • A. h. lavongai - Mayr, 1945
  • A. h. matthiae - Mayr, 1945
  • A. h. manusi - Mayr, 1945
  • A. h. dampieri (Gurney Sr, 1882)
  • A. h. lihirensis - Stresemann, 1933
  • A. h. bougainvillei (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905)
  • A. h. rufoschistaceus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1902)
  • A. h. rubianae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905)
  • A. h. malaitae - Mayr, 1931
  • A. h. pulchellus (Ramsay, EP, 1882)

References
  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Accipiter hiogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.


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