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Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).

The following 22 subspecies are recognised:

• sylvestris Wallace, 1864   -  Lesser Sundas. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Lesser Sundas Goshawk (Accipiter sylvestris).
• polionotus (Salvadori, 1889)   -  Banda I (Moluccas), Tanimbar Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• mortyi Hartert, 1925   -  Morotai (northern Moluccas). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• griseogularis (Gray, GR, 1861)   -  Northern Moluccas. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• obiensis (Hartert, 1903)   -  Obi (central Moluccas). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• hiogaster S. Müller, 1841   -  Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• pallidiceps (Salvadori, 1879)   -  Buru (southern Moluccas). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• albiventris (Salvadori, 1876)   -  Tayandu I (Moluccas), Kai Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• leucosomus (Sharpe, 1874)   -  New Guinea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876)   -  Biak I. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• pallidimas Mayr, 1940   -  D'Entrecasteaux Is (New Guinea). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• misulae Mayr, 1940   -  Louisiade Is (New Guinea). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• lavongai Mayr, 1945   -  New Hanover and New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• matthiae Mayr, 1945   -  St Matthias I (Bismarck Archipelago). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• manusi Mayr, 1945   -  Admiralty Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• dampieri (Gurney Sr, 1882)   -  New Britain. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• lihirensis Stresemann, 1933   -  Lihir and Tanga Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• bougainvillei (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905)   -  Bougainville (northern Solomons). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• rufoschistaceus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1902)   -  Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Florida Is (central Solomon Is). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• rubianae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905)   -  Central Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• malaitae Mayr, 1931   -  Malaita (south-eastern Solomon Is). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).
• pulchellus (Ramsay, EP, 1882)   -  Guadalcanal (south-western Solomon Is). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae).

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