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Alternative names: New Caledonia Goshawk; New Caledonia Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter haplochrous
Identification
32–40 cm (12 ½-15¾ in)
Adult
- Boldly pied
- Slate gray upperparts and head.
- Slightly paler on throat and upper breast
- White lower breast to vent
- White underwing with black tip
- Yellow legs and cere
- Orange-red eye.
Juvenile
- Dark brown upperparts with fine rufous barring
- Paler collar
- Creamy underparts with blackish brown streaks on throat and upper breast
- Spots and barrs on lower underparts
- Yellow eye
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Widely found in humid forest; occurs at lower densities in degraded forest and savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
Includes lizards, geckos, insects (grasshoppers, beetles), rats, and birds, including chickens and parrots.
Breeding
Poorly known. Clutch of 3 dull white eggs "blotched with indistinct, pale dry blood-coloured markings" has been reported. One nest was made of sticks and f twigs high on a horizontal Banyon limb.
Vocalisation
Series of fast, high-pitched notes similar to Brown Goshawk.
Movements
Non-migratory, but juveniles disperse from breeding areas.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International 2016. Accipiter haplochrous. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22695541A93514419. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695541A93514419.en. Downloaded on 06 December 2019.
- Debus, S., Kirwan, G.M. & Christie, D.A. (2019). White-bellied Goshawk (Accipiter haplochrous). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53057 on 6 December 2019).
- Dutson, G. (2011) Birds of Melanesia, Christopher Helm, London.
- Global Raptor Information Network. 2019. Species account: New Caledonia Goshawk Accipiter haplochrous. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 5 Dec. 2019
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-bellied Goshawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-bellied_Goshawk
