Variable goshawk explained
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.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:[1]
- A. h. sylvestris Wallace, 1864
- A. h. polionotus (Salvadori, 1889)
- A. h. mortyi Hartert, 1925
- A. h. griseogularis (G. R. Gray, 1861)
- A. h. obiensis (Hartert, 1903)
- A. h. hiogaster (S. Müller, 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 (J. H. 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 (E. P. Ramsay, 1882)
Notes and References
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
