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Accipiter luteoschistaceus

(Slaty Mantled Sparrowhawk)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Blue & Grey Sparrow Hawk, Slaty Mantled Sparrowhawk, Slaty-Backed Goshawk, Slaty-Mantled Goshawk, Slaty-Mantled Sparrowhawk

Common Names in French:

Autour Bleu Et Gris

Common Names in German:

Rabaulhabicht

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: It has been recorded from a number of forest habitats including open forest and cocoa plantations, but is presumed to be a species of tall forest2,3. It is greatly outnumbered by Grey Goshawk A. novaehollandiae in all degraded and artificial habitats. Records range to 700 m where it might be replaced by A. brachyurus. The only documented feeding record is of a specimen with a 15 cm lizard in its stomach8.[1]


List of Habitats:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Accipiter

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 254 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aequatorialis · A. affinis · A. albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. albogularis albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. albogularis eichhorni · A. albogularis gilvus · A. albogularis sharpei · A. albogularis woodfordi · A. archboldi · A. badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. badius badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. badius butleri · A. badius cenchroides · A. badius dussumieri · A. badius kenya · A. badius obsoletus · A. badius poliopsis · A. badius polyzonoides · A. badius sphenurus · A. batesi · A. beniensis · A. bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. bicolor bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. bicolor chilensis · A. bicolor fidens · A. bicolor guttifer · A. bicolor pileatus · A. brachyurus (New Britain Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. brevipes (Levant Sparrowhawk) · A. buergersi (Chestnut-Shouldered Goshawk) · A. butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. butleri butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. butleri obsoletus · A. castanilius (Chestnut-Bellied Sparrow Hawk) · A. castanilius beniensis · A. castanilius castanilius · A. chilensis · A. chionogaster (White-Breasted Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus papuanus · A. cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus papuanus · A. cirrocephalus rosselianus · A. collaris (Semi-Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cooperi · A. cooperii (Big Blue Darter) · A. dukhunensis · A. efficax · A. eichhorni · A. erythrauchen (Grey Moluccan Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. erythrauchen ceramensis · A. erythrauchen erythrauchen · A. erythronemius (Rufous-Thighed Hawk) · A. erythropus (Red-Thighed Sparrow Hawk) · A. erythropus erythropus (Red-Thighed Sparrow Hawk) · A. erythropus zenkeri · A. fasciatus (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. fasciatus buruensis · A. fasciatus didimus · A. fasciatus dogwa · A. fasciatus fasciatus (Australian Goshawk) · A. fasciatus hellmayri · A. fasciatus natalis (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. fasciatus polycryptus · A. fasciatus savu · A. fasciatus stresemanni · A. fasciatus tjendanae · A. fasciatus vigilax · A. fasciatus wallacii · A. francesiae (Frances's Sparrowhawk) · A. francesiae brutus · A. francesiae francesiae · A. francesiae griveaudi · A. francesiae pusillus · A. francesii (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii francesii (Frances's Sparrowhawk) · A. francesii griveaudi · A. francesii pusillus (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. fuscus · A. gentilis (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis albidus · A. gentilis apache (Apache Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis arrigonii · A. gentilis atricapillus (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis buteoides · A. gentilis fujiyamae · A. gentilis gallinarum (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis gentilis (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis kleinschmidti · A. gentilis laingi (Queen Charlotte Goshawk) · A. gentilis marginatus · A. gentilis schvedowi · A. granti · A. griseiceps (Sulawesi Crested Goshawk) · A. gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gularis gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gularis iwasakii · A. gularis sibericus

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Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009