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 LC    Crested Goshawk* Id (Atlas):
    Accipiter trivirgatus

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
Male: 30 - 34 cm
Female: 34 - 40 cm
Wingspan: 56 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Primary and secondary lowland dipterocarp to upper montane forest. From sea-level - 2,015 m.

Range (Guide)
Bhutan (B), Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia, China (mainland) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Philippines (B), Sri Lanka (B), Taiwan (China) (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Bangladesh.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Birds, mammals, reptiles.

Voice
Usually silent. Occasional shrill, screaming 'he he hehehehe' and yelping whistles 'fyeew-fyeew-fyeew'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

 
Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) [XC575552]
     by Bo Shunqi from West Coast Park, Singapore, Singapore (call)

 
Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) [XC719755]
     by Ding Li Yong from Minhang Sports Park, Shanghai, China (call)

Nest
A structure of sticks in dense foliage in a tall tree.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2; white.

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Sulawesi Goshawk (Accipiter griseiceps).

The following 11 subspecies are recognised:

  • layardi (Whistler, 1936)   -  Sri Lanka.
  • peninsulae Koelz, 1949   -  South-western India.
  • indicus (Hodgson, 1836)   -  North-central, north-eastern and eastern India and Nepal to southern China, including Hainan, and south to Indochina and Malay Peninsula.
  • formosae Mayr, 1949   -  Taiwan.
  • trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824)   -  Sumatra.
  • niasensis Mayr, 1949   -  Nias I (off western Sumatra).
  • javanicus Mayr, 1949   -  Java; recently recorded on Bali.
  • microstictus Mayr, 1949   -  Borneo.
  • palawanus Mayr, 1949   -  Palawan, Calamianes (south-western Philippines); may also be subspecies of Natuna Is (off western Borneo).
  • extimus Mayr, 1945   -  South-eastern Philippines.
  • castroi Manuel & Gilliard, 1952   -  Polillo Is, off eastern Luzon (northern Philippines).



References
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Files:
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