Wednesday, March 21, 2012

>Accipiter henstii (Henst's Goshawk)

Henst's Goshawk



Henst's Goshawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Accipiter
Species:A. henstii
Binomial name
Accipiter henstii
(Schlegel, 1873)
Henst's Goshawk (Accipiter henstii) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridaefamily. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.
It is threatened by habitat loss.



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