Christmas Island goshawk - Accipiter fasciatus natalis (brown goshawk subspecies) A Christmas Island Goshawk on a Plate from the work A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) by Charles William Andrews (1866-1924). Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912)
Date 1900
Source A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) https://archive.org/details/monographofchris00andruoft
Author Charles William Andrews (1866-1924) (Author) John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) (Illustrator)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Island_Goshawk.jpg
The brown goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. The brown goshawk is widespread through Australia, Wallacea, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Its upperparts are grey with a chestnut collar; its underparts are mainly rufous, finely barred with white.
The Christmas goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) or Christmas Island goshawk, is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species: Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Subspecies: Accipiter fasciatus natalis (Lister, 1889)
