New Britain goshawk
Species of bird
| New Britain goshawk | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Tachyspiza |
| Species: | T. princeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachyspiza princeps (Mayr, 1934) | |
The New Britain goshawk (Tachyspiza princeps) is a bird of prey species in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Formerly classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN,[2] it was suspected to be rarer than previously assumed. Following the evaluation of its population status, this was found to be correct, and it is consequently uplisted to vulnerable status in 2008.[3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Tachyspiza princeps.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695561A93515924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695561A93515924.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ BLI (2004)
- ^ BLI (2008)
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