Grey-headed Goshawk
Tachyspiza poliocephala(Gray, GR, 1858)
English (US) Gray-headed Goshawk
UK name: Grey-headed Goshawk
The Grey-headed Goshawk (Tachyspiza poliocephala) 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: New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea), and D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipelagos (off southeastern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Goshawk
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Goshawk
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Accipiter poliocephalus
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.357 p.170
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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