Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Doria's Hawk (Megatriorchis doriae) - HBW 2, p. 164
French: Autour de Doria
German: Salvadorihabicht
Spanish: Azor de Doria
Other common names: Doria's Goshawk
Taxonomy: Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori and D'Albertis, 1875, Yule Island, New Guinea.
Has frequently been merged into superficially similar genus Accipiter, but now considered part of old endemic Australasian clade, related instead to Erythrotriorchis and others (see page 55). Monotypic.
Distribution: New Guinea; also recorded on Batanta I, off NW New Guinea.
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Bird sitting in tree partly obscured Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 27 August 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 3.2
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Calls. Locality Dablin Creek, Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 17 June 2007 10 weeks ago 3
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