Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster)
About the Variable Goshawk
The variable goshawk (Tachyspiza hiogaster) is a bird of prey native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It was recently elevated to species status, and was previously lumped together with the grey goshawk. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. Twenty-two subspecies are recognised: T. h. sylvestris (Wallace, 1864) – Sumbawa to Alor Island (west, central Lesser Sunda Islands). Lesser Sundas goshawk is sometimes elevated to species status. T. h. polionota (Salvadori, 1889) – Damar Island and Babar Islands (east Lesser Sunda Islands), Banda and Tanimbar is. (south Moluccas) T. h. mortyi (Hartert, EJO, 1925) – Morotai (north Moluccas) T. h. griseogularis (Gray, GR, 1861) – Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan Islands (north Moluccas) and Gebe (northwest of New Guinea)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 51 recordings for this species: 27 CC BY-NC-SA · 12 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- African GoshawkAccipiter tachirorecording
- Bicolored HawkAccipiter bicolorrecording
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatusrecording
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiirecording
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusrecording
- Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.