Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata) - HBW 2, p. 107
French: Baza huppé
German: Papuaweih
Spanish: Baza Australiano
Other common names: Crested/Lizard Hawk, Crested/Lizard Baza
Taxonomy: Lepidogenys subcristatus Gould, 1838, New South Wales.
Probably forms superspecies with A. jerdoni, A. cuculoides and A. madagascariensis. Populations of Solomon Is now regarded as single race, thus possible races proxima and robusta now included in gurneyi. Race njikena of NW Australia doubtfully separable from nominate subcristata. Thirteen subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- timorlauensis (A. B. Meyer, 1894) - islands off Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas.
- pallida (Stresemann, 1913) - S Moluccas.
- reinwardtii (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1841) - C Moluccas.
- timorlauensis (A. B. Meyer, 1894) - islands off Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas.
- pallida (Stresemann, 1913) - S Moluccas.
- reinwardtii (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1841) - C Moluccas.
- stresemanni (Siebers, 1930) - Buru (C Moluccas).
- rufa (Schlegel, 1866) - N Moluccas.
- waigeuensis Mayr, 1940 - Waigeo I.
- obscura Junge, 1956 - Biak I.
- stenozona (G. R. Gray, 1858) - W New Guinea, Aru Is.
- megala (Stresemann, 1913) - E New Guinea.
- coultasi Mayr, 1945 - Admiralty Is.
- bismarckii (Sharpe, 1888) - Bismarck Archipelago.
- gurneyi (Ramsay, 1882) - Solomon Is.
- subcristata (Gould, 1838) - N & NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult feeding on an insect Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp subcristata)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 8 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched in a dead tree Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp subcristata)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 8 years ago 47 sec 4.1 -
A close-up of a bird, preening Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp megala)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 6 years ago 9 sec 4.1 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched, looking around and flying away. Locality Kirakira, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (ssp gurneyi)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched in a palm tree, looking around and flying away. Locality Kirakira, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (ssp gurneyi)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 2 years ago 43 sec 4 -
An immature on a branch, looking around. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp obscura)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 4
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A flying bird.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp obscura)
mehdhalaouate 9 October 2005 3 years ago 4 -
A soaring bird.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp A.s.megala)
neil osborne 16 August 2010 7 weeks ago 3.7 -
Perched high in tree
Locality Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp subcristata)
Clive Nealon 28 May 2006 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult in the treetops, looking down.
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp subcristata)
Arnie Hollyman 1 August 2012 41 weeks ago 3.6 -
Pacific Baza passing through suburbia.
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp subcristata)
cel_polo 27 July 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
bird resting on limb
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David McKay 19 October 2011 1 year ago 3.4
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Voices of two birds calling on flight. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp gurneyi)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2010 2 years ago 4
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