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[[Image:VariableGoshawkIMG 6801.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult in flight. Subspecies ''leucosomus''<br />Photo by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br  />Sawatuk, Sorong Regency, West Papua, [[Indonesia]], 20 November 2023.]] 
 
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Subspecies sylvestris ("Tenggara Goshawk")
Photo by James Eaton
Potawangka, Flores, Indonesia, June 2005
Adult in flight. Subspecies leucosomus
Photo by Joseph Morlan
Sawatuk, Sorong Regency, West Papua, Indonesia, 20 November 2023.

Alternative Name: Varied Goshawk Includes: Amboina Goshawk, Grey-throated Goshawk, Tenggara Goshawk, Banda Goshawk

Accipiter hiogaster

Identification

Distribution

Taxonomy

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

Reference notes differences in eye colour, size and plumage in Indonesia, recommending the taxa occurring there be split into 4: "Amboina Goshawk" (A. hiogaster: sspp. hiogaster and pallidiceps); "Grey-throated Goshawk" (A. griseogularis: griseogularis, mortyi and obiensis); "Tenggara Goshawk" (T. sylvestris, sylvestris); and "Banda Goshawk" (A. albiventris, albiventris and polionotus).

Subspecies

Clements recognises the following 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. 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
  4. Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

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