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.
| Meyer's goshawk | |
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| John Gerrard Keulemans (1870) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Astur |
| Species: | A. meyerianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Astur meyerianus Sharpe, 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Accipiter meyerianus | |
The common name commemorates Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies.[2]
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- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter meyerianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22695689A93523669. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695689A93523669.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 234.
- ↑ Ferguson-Lees, James (2005). Raptors of the World. Helm Field Guides. David A. Christie. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 978-0-7136-6957-2.
- ↑ Dunning Jr., John B. (2007-12-05). CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses (0 ed.). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781420064452. ISBN 978-0-429-14982-5.
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