Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black-mantled Goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys) - HBW 2, p. 150
French: Autour à manteau noir
German: Schwarzmantelhabicht
Spanish: Gavilán Rufinegro
Other common names: Black-mantled Sparrowhawk
Taxonomy: Urospizias melanochlamys Salvadori, 1875, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms superspecies with A. albogularis, A. haplochrous and A. rufitorques. Two poorly defined races, doubtfully valid and not recognized by some authorities: eastern birds paler dorsally; differences possibly confounded by sexual characters or plumage wear of specimens. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanochlamys (Salvadori, 1875) - Vogelkop (W New Guinea).
- schistacinus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903) - montane C & E New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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juvenile perched
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp schistacinus)
Nik Borrow 5 July 2005 4 years ago 3
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