Meyer's Goshawk
Astur meyerianusSharpe, RB, 1878
English (US) Meyer's Goshawk
The Meyer's Goshawk (Astur meyerianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: Moluccas to New Guinea, New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago), and Solomon IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Astur meyerianus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Meyer's Goshawk
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1878
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Astur Meyerianus
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1878
- Type locality
- Ansus, Japen Island.
- Original description
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology 13 p.458 ? maybe 1877 ?
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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