The variable goshawk (''Accipiter hiogaster'') is a

bird of prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predator ...

native to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ...

. It was recently elevated to species status, and was previously lumped together with the

grey goshawk The grey goshawk (''Accipiter novaehollandiae'') is a strongly built, medium-sized bird of prey in the family ''Accipitridae'' that is found in eastern and northern Australia. The white morph of this species is known as the white goshawk. Tax ...

Subspecies

Subspecies include:Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. * ''A. h. sylvestris'' - Wallace, 1864 * ''A. h. polionotus'' (Salvadori, 1889) * ''A. h. mortyi'' (Hartert, 1925) * ''A. h. griseogularis'' (Gray, GR, 1861) * ''A. h. obiensis'' - Hartert, 1903 * ''A. h. hiogaster'' (Müller, S, 1841) * ''A. h. pallidiceps'' (Salvadori, 1879) * ''A. h. albiventris'' (Salvadori, 1876) * ''A. h. leucosomus'' (Sharpe, 1874) * ''A. h. misoriensis'' (Salvadori, 1876) * ''A. h. pallidimas'' - Mayr, 1940 * ''A. h. misulae'' - Mayr, 1940 * ''A. h. lavongai'' - Mayr, 1945 * ''A. h. matthiae'' - Mayr, 1945 * ''A. h. manusi'' - Mayr, 1945 * ''A. h. dampieri'' (Gurney Sr, 1882) * ''A. h. lihirensis'' - Stresemann, 1933 * ''A. h. bougainvillei'' (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) * ''A. h. rufoschistaceus'' (Rothschild & Hartert, 1902) * ''A. h. rubianae'' (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) * ''A. h. malaitae'' - Mayr, 1931 * ''A. h. pulchellus'' (Ramsay, EP, 1882)

References

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