Meyer's Goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus)
About the Meyer's Goshawk
Meyer's goshawk (Astur meyerianus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. The common name commemorates Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies. It has a length of 43 to 53 cm and a wingspan of 86 to 105 cm. One male and female weighed 530 and 1,100 grams, respectively.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 6 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 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.