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Accipiter fasciatus (Brown Goshawk)

Synonyms: Astur fasciatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found in Australia and surrounding islands.
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Infraspecies

Accipiter fasciatus buruensis
Accipiter fasciatus didimus
Accipiter fasciatus dogwa
Accipiter fasciatus fasciatus (South Australia brown goshawk) (Attributes)
Accipiter fasciatus hellmayri
Accipiter fasciatus natalis (Christmas Island brown goshawk)
Accipiter fasciatus polycryptus
Accipiter fasciatus rosselianus
Accipiter fasciatus savu
Accipiter fasciatus stresemanni
Accipiter fasciatus tjendanae
Accipiter fasciatus vigilax
Accipiter fasciatus wallacii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.53121
EDGE Score: 2.25457
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  401 grams
Birth Weight [2]  32.5 grams
Female Weight [4]  1.301 lbs (590 g)
Male Weight [4]  330 grams
Weight Dimorphism [4]  78.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  30 %
Forages - Ground [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [5]  3
Fledging [1]  30 days
Incubation [4]  31 days
Mating Display [2]  Non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [6]  97
Snout to Vent Length [1]  17 inches (44 cm)
Wing Span [4]  33 inches (.85 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
New Caledonia New Caledonia No
Southwest Australia Australia No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Centrorhynchus asturinus[9]
Craspedorrhynchus haematopus[10]
Degeeriella fulva[10]
Degeeriella fusca[10]
Microtetrameres paraccipiter <Unverified Name>[10]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 7Activity patterns, habitat use, foraging behaviour and food selection of the Ouve&#769;a Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis), Olivier Robinet, Vincent Bretagnolle and Mick Clout, Emu, 2003, 103, 71–80
♦ 8Myrmecobius fasciatus (Dasyuromorphia: Myrmecobiidae), CHRISTINE ELIZABETH COOPER, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(881):129–140 (2011)
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 10Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0