Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

New Britain Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brachyurus) - HBW 2, p. 157

French: Épervier de Nouvelle Bretagne German: Dreifarbensperber Spanish: Gavilancito de Nueva Bretaña

Taxonomy: Astur brachyurus Ramsay, 1879, New Britain.
Forms superspecies with A. cirrocephalus, A. erythrauchen and perhaps A. rhodogaster. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain.