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Hawks & Allies [Family: Accipitridae] Christmas Island/Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster natalis) |
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variable_goshawk_40499.jpg
ID: 40499
Location
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean Territories
Australia
Size of original (pixels)
Width: 2900
Height: 2175
Photographic data
Date: 6/9/06 2:50:16 PM
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec
Focal Length: 500.0 mm
Note: Birdlife International treats the Christmas Island Goshawk as a subspecies of the Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus). Christidis & Boles consider it a subspsecies of the Variable Goshawk (A. hiogaster natalis) and maybe a species in its own right.
© Ian Montgomery
Revised Friday, 18 June 2010
Photo of juvenile Christmas Island Goshawk.