Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

New Britain Goshawk (Accipiter princeps) - HBW 2, p. 154

French: Autour de Mayr German: Prinzenhabicht Spanish: Azor de Nueva Bretaña

Taxonomy: Accipiter princeps Mayr, 1934, Balayang, Baining Mountains, New Britain.
Forms superspecies with A. poliocephalus, of which formerly considered a race, but larger and more robust with some differences in adult plumage. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain.