Variable Goshawk

Taxonomy

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Tachyspiza

eBird Code

vargos1

Subspecies (22)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster albiventris

  Tayandu and Kai islands (eastern Indonesian Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster bougainvillei

  Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster dampieri

  New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster griseogularis

  northern Moluccas (Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster hiogaster

  South Moluccas

• Tachyspiza hiogaster lavongai

  New Hanover and New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster leucosoma

  New Guinea

• Tachyspiza hiogaster lihirensis

  Lihir and Tanga, off New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster malaitae

  Malaita (central Solomon Islands)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster manusi

  Admiralty Islands

• Tachyspiza hiogaster matthiae

  Mussau, in St. Matthias Group (north-central Bismarck Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster misoriensis

  Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster misulae

  Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster mortyi

  Morotai Island (northern Moluccas)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster obiensis

  Obi Island (central Moluccas)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster pallidiceps

  Buru Island (southern Moluccas)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster pallidimas

  D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster polionota

  Banda and Tanimbar islands (eastern Indonesian Archipelago)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster pulchella

  Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster rubianae

  New Georgia group (west-central Solomon Islands)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster rufoschistacea

  Choiseul, Santa Isabel, and Florida Group (central Solomon Islands)

• Tachyspiza hiogaster sylvestris

  Lesser Sundas