Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Aviceda

Pacific Baza

Aviceda subcristata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Aviceda subcristata bismarckii

Bismarck Archipelago
Aviceda subcristata coultasi

Admiralty Islands
Aviceda subcristata gurneyi

Solomon Islands
Aviceda subcristata megala

eastern New Guinea
Aviceda subcristata obscura

Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
Aviceda subcristata pallida

Seram Laut (Manawoka and Gorong) and Kai Islands
Aviceda subcristata reinwardtii

southern Moluccas (Boano, Seram, Ambon, and Haruku)
Aviceda subcristata rufa

Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Bacan, and Obi)
Aviceda subcristata stenozona

western New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
Aviceda subcristata stresemanni

Buru (central Moluccas)
Aviceda subcristata subcristata

northern and eastern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, to southern New South Wales)
Aviceda subcristata timorlaoensis

Lesser Sundas and islands off Sulawesi
Aviceda subcristata waigeuensis

Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.