Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Australasian Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) - HBW 2, p. 150

French: Autour australien German: Bänderhabicht Spanish: Azor Australiano
Other common names: Brown/Australian Goshawk

Taxonomy: Astur fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, New South Wales.
Birds of Buru (S Moluccas) have traditionally been awarded a separate race, buruensis, but identical to Australian birds of race didimus; status remains uncertain, as these birds could refer to migrants of didimus, or a resident form. Race natalis may belong to A. novaehollandiae complex, or might even be separate species. Eleven subspecies normally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

natalis (Lister, 1889) - Christmas I (Indian Ocean).
tjendanae Stresemann, 1925 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
wallacii (Sharpe, 1874) - Lesser Sundas, from Lombok E to Babar.

See all 11 subspecies

natalis (Lister, 1889) - Christmas I (Indian Ocean).
tjendanae Stresemann, 1925 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
wallacii (Sharpe, 1874) - Lesser Sundas, from Lombok E to Babar.
stresemanni Rensch, 1931 - islets between Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas.
hellmayri Stresemann, 1922 - Timor, Alor, Roti (Lesser Sundas).
savu Mayr, 1941 - Sawu (Lesser Sundas).
polycryptus Rothschild & Hartert, 1915 - E New Guinea.
dogwa Rand, 1941 - S New Guinea.
didimus (Mathews, 1912) - N Australia; Buru (S Moluccas).
fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - Timor (Lesser Sundas); Australia and Tasmania; Rennell and Bellona Is (Solomons).
vigilax (Wetmore, 1926) - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is, Vanuatu.