A David Mead original from Raptors of the World, published by Christopher Helm as a Handbook (2001) and a Field Guide (2005).

PLATE 46 in Handbook (Field Guide plate 50)

Meyer’s Goshawk Accipiter meyerianus
New Guinea, Moluccas, New Britain, Solomon Islands

Imitator Sparrowhawk Accipiter imitator
Solomon Islands

Pied Goshawk Accipiter albogularis
Solomon Islands

ABOUT THE BIRDS The largest accipiter found in its breeding range, Meyer’s Goshawk bears similarities to the Northern Goshawk (plate 39). It is known to take pigeons and the occasional chicken, and almost certainly kills mammals, too.

The Imitator Sparrowhawk is known only from a small number of museum specimens and a few sightings in its native rainforests, where its main prey is probably reptiles and insects. Once thought to be confined to forests, the Pied Goshawk appears to be adapting to more open habitats, including gardens. It eats birds, including parrots and waders.

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