Brown Goshawk
| Brown Goshawk | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Accipiter |
| Species: | A. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) | |
The Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands.
Description
Its upperparts are grey with a chestnut collar; its underparts are mainly rufous, finely barred with white. Thus it has similar colouring to the Collared Sparrowhawk but is larger. The flight is fast and flexible. The body length is 40–55 cm (15.7–21.7 in); the wingspan, 75–95 cm (29.5–37.4 in). Females are noticeably larger: adult males weigh 220 g (7.8 oz), and adult females, 355 g (12.5 oz).
Distribution and habitat
The Brown Goshawk is widespread through Australia, Tasmania, Wallacea, New Guinea,New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. It is found in forests and woodlands.
Feeding
Breeding
It nests in tall trees on a platform of sticks and twigs lined with green leaves. The clutchsize is usually three, sometimes two or four. The incubation period is about 30 days, with chicks fledging about 31 days after hatching.
Subspecies
There are twelve described subspecies:
- A. f. fasciatus (nominate) - (Vigors et Horsfield, 1827)
- A. f. buruensis - Stresemann, 1914
- A. f. didimus - (Mathews, 1912)
- A. f. dogwa - Rand, 1941
- A. f. helmayri - Stresemann, 1922
- A. f. natalis - (Lister, 1889)
- A. f. polycryptus - Rothschild et Hartert, 1915
- A. f. savu - Mayr, 1941
- A. f. stresemanni - Rensch, 1931
- A. f. tjendanae - Stresemann, 1925
- A. f. vigilax - (Wetmore, 1926)
- A. f. wallacii - (Sharpe, 1874)
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