New Britain goshawk
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Accipiter princeps

The New Britain goshawk (Accipiter princeps ) is a bird of prey species in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Formerly classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, it was suspected to be rarer than previously assumed. Following the evaluation of its population status, this was found to be correct, and it is consequently uplisted to vulnerable status in 2008.

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References

1. New Britain goshawk Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain_goshawk
2. New Britain goshawk on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22695561/93515924

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