Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Grey-headed Goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus) - HBW 2, p. 154
French: Autour à tête grise
German: Aschkopfhabicht
Spanish: Gavilán Cabecigrís
Other common names: New Guinea (Grey-headed) Goshawk
Taxonomy: Accipiter poliocephalus G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Forms superspecies with A. princeps, with which has been considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Papuan Is and Aru Is through New Guinea to Fergusson I (D'Entrecasteaux Is) and Misima I and Tagula I (Louisiade Archipelago).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perched on dead tree, flies off Locality Sorong, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 13 September 2004 2 years ago 36 sec 2.3
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Poor image of perched bird Locality Elevala River, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 24 August 2008 3 years ago 2.3
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