Species factsheet

Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster)

Order: Accipiter hiogaster
Family: Kites, Hawks & Eagles (Accipitridae)

Danish name: Variabel Duehøg

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Subspecies and Distribution

sylvestris

Lesser Sundas

polionotus

Tanimbar Is. and other islands in the Banda Sea

mortyi

Morotai I. (n Moluccas)

griseogularis

Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan (n Moluccas)

obiensis

Obi I. (c Moluccas)

hiogaster

s Moluccas

pallidiceps

Buru I. (s Moluccas)

albiventris

Tayandu and Kai Is (w of New Guinea)

leucosomus

New Guinea

misoriensis

Biak I. (n of New Guinea)

pallidimas

D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (e New Guinea)

misulae

Louisiade Arch. (se New Guinea)

lavongai

Tabar I., New Hanover and New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.)

matthiae

St. Matthias I. (Bismarck Arch.)

manusi

Admiralty Is.

dampieri

Umboi I., New Britain (Bismarck Arch.)

lihirensis

Lihir and Tanga Is. (Bismarck Arch.)

bougainvillei

Bougainville, Shortland Is. (Solomon Is.)

rufoschistaceus

Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Florida Is. (Solomon Is.)

rubianae

c Solomon Is.

malaitae

Malaita I. (se Solomon Is.)

pulchellus

Guadalcanal I. (sw Solomon Is.)