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Alternative name: Imitator Goshawk
- Accipiter imitator
Identification
28-33 cm. Small, pied hawk with black and white throat. Adult jet-black above, the throat and breast either black or white. Reddish-brown iris. Immatures mottled rufous with fine black barring on underparts.
Distribution
Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands: (Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel)
Taxonomy
Sparrowhawk
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dense rainforest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Imitator Sparrowhawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Imitator_Sparrowhawk
External Links
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