Doria's Goshawk

Doria's Goshawk
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Megatriorchis Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
Species:	M. doriae
Binomial name
Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875

Doria's Goshawk, Megatriorchis doriae, is a raptor, the only member of the genus Megatriorchis.

Description

At up to 69cm long, it is among the biggest hawks in the broad sense. It is greyish-brown with a black-barred crown and upperparts, whitish underparts, a black streak behind the eye, dark brown irises, a blackish bill and greenish-yellow legs. The sexes are similar. The female is slightly larger than the male.

Doria's Goshawk is endemic to lowland rainforests of New Guinea and Batanta Island off Western New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of birds, including the Lesser Bird of Paradise, and other small animals.

Conservation

Due to ongoing habitat loss, Doria's Goshawk is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Etymology

In the genus name, "Mega-" is from the Greek word for "big". "Triorchis" was Greek for a kind of hawk thought to have three testicles—see Eutriorchis for details. The species name commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Megatriorchis doriae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 22 November 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• IUCN Red List