Megatriorchis doriae
General description:
Distinctively barred and streaked has powerfull legs and feet like Accipiter, but shorter wings. Juvenile slightly paler and more rufous, lacks mask and may have pale head.
Conservation status:
Near-threatened.
Diagnostic description:
Distinctively barred and streaked has powerfull legs and feet like Accipiter, but shorter wings. Juvenile slightly paler and more rufous, lacks mask and may have pale head.
Behaviour:
Size:
51-69 cm, female larger 1000 g.
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy:
- Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori and D'Albertis, 1875, Yule Island, New Guinea. Has frequently been merged into superficially similar genus Accipiter, but now considered part of old endemic Australasian clade, related instead to Erythrotriorchis and others (see page 55). Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Distribution:
- New Guinea; also recorded on Batanta I, off NW New Guinea.
Habitat:
lowland and hill rain forest. Monsoon forest and mangroves, also seen at interface between disturbed forest and secondary scrub. Occur from sea-level to 1650 m.
Trophic strategy:
Little known, snatching small prey from outer foliage. Spends much time inside forast canopy.
Reproduction:
No info. CITES II.