Doria's goshawk or Doria's hawk,
(''Megatriorchis doriae'') is a
raptor, the only member of the genus ''Megatriorchis''.
Description
At up to 69 cm 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.
Habitat and distribution
Doria's goshawk is
endemic
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to lowland rainforests of
New Guinea
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and
Batanta
Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 453 km² and its highest point is 1184 m. The Pitt Strait separates it from Salawati, while the Dampier Strait separat ...
Island. Its 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
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of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of
CITES
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.
Etymology
In the genus name, "Mega-" is from the
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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word for "big". "Triorchis" was Greek for a kind of hawk thought to have three
testicle
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s — see ''
Eutriorchis'' for details. The species name commemorates the
Italian
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naturalist Giacomo Doria
Marquis Giacomo Doria (1 November 1840 – 19 September 1913) was an Italian naturalist, botanist, herpetologist, and politician.
He was the founder of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa in 1867, and director from then until his d ...
.
References
External links
BirdLife Species Factsheet
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Doria's goshawk
Birds of prey of New Guinea
Doria's goshawk