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Lesser Sundas goshawk

The Lesser Sundas goshawk is a bird of prey native to Indonesia. It is sometimes elevated to species status, but the IOC lumps it together with the variable goshawk.

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Lesser Sundas goshawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Tachyspiza
Species:
T. hiogaster
Subspecies:
T. h. sylvestris
Trinomial name
Tachyspiza hiogaster sylvestris
(Wallace, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Accipiter sylvestris
  • Accipiter hiogaster sylvestris

The Lesser Sundas goshawk (Tachyspiza hiogaster sylvestris) is a bird of prey native to Indonesia. It is sometimes elevated to species status, but the IOC lumps it together with the variable goshawk (T. hiogaster).

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter sylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22727727A94958582. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727727A94958582.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.