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Accipiter trivirgatus (Crested Goshawk)

Synonyms: Accipiter trivigatus (homotypic); Falco trivirgatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) is a bird of prey from tropical Asia. It is related to other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards (or buteos) and harriers, and thus placed in the family Accipitridae.
View Wikipedia Record: Accipiter trivirgatus

Infraspecies

Accipiter trivirgatus castroi
Accipiter trivirgatus extimus
Accipiter trivirgatus formosae
Accipiter trivirgatus indicus
Accipiter trivirgatus javanicus
Accipiter trivirgatus layardi
Accipiter trivirgatus microstictus
Accipiter trivirgatus niasensis
Accipiter trivirgatus palawanus
Accipiter trivirgatus peninsulae
Accipiter trivirgatus trivirgatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.0365
EDGE Score: 2.40121
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  276 grams
Female Weight [1]  353 grams
Male Weight [1]  199 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  77.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  60 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  33 %
Forages - Understory [2]  33 %
Forages - Ground [2]  33 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [3]  36 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5]  79
Snout to Vent Length [1]  15 inches (38 cm)
Wing Span [3]  26 inches (.66 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Columba livia (Rock Pigeon)[3]
Myophonus insularis (Taiwan Whistling-thrush)[3]
Psilopogon oorti (Black-browed Barbet)[3]
Streptopelia tranquebarica (Red Turtle Dove)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Falco chicquera (Red-necked Falcon)1
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)1
Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)1

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
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz 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
♦ 5Buechley 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
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