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.
| Variable goshawk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Accipiter |
| Species: | A. hiogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Accipiter hiogaster (Müller, S, 1841)
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Subspecies edit
Subspecies include:[2]
- A. h. sylvestris - Wallace, 1864
- A. h. polionotus (Salvadori, 1889)
- A. h. mortyi (Hartert, 1925)
- A. h. griseogularis (Gray, GR, 1861)
- A. h. obiensis - Hartert, 1903
- A. h. hiogaster (Müller, S, 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 (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 (Ramsay, EP, 1882)
References edit
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- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter hiogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727721A94958386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727721A94958386.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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