Northern and eastern Australia, from Kimberleys round to northern New South Wales.
Population
Estimated population is 660 - 1,000 (2010) and stable.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearing and fire, shooting, pesticides and egg-collecting are possible threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Singly or in pairs.
Food
Birds, reptiles and small mammals.
Voice
Female has a harsh, strident, crowing call, 'arhk, arhk, awk'. Male, a higher pitched yelp. A staccato, high-pitched alarm call.
Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) [XC327170]
by id from Artemis Station, Musgrave, Queensland, Australia (call, flight call)
Nest
A large structure of sticks, lined with leaves, usually placed among the topmost branches of a tall tree.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2, usually 2; rough in texture, not glossy, blue-white, smeared with grey, brown or lavender; round-oval; 55 x 43 mm. Incubation: about 40 days; by female only.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 49 - 56 days.
Subspecies
Has been merged in Accipiter, but recent studies show it to be unrelated to that genus; now regarded as part of old endemic Australasian clade.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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BirdLife International Species Factsheet