The slaty-mantled goshawk (''Accipiter luteoschistaceus''), also known as the slaty-mantled sparrowhawk or slaty-backed sparrowhawk, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to the

Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...

(Papua New Guinea). Its natural habitat is

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...

. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Accipiter Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago Birds of prey of New Guinea Birds described in 1926 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Accipitriformes-stub