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New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus



Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Ramsay, 1879)

Red List Category:


Criteria: C2a(ii)
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Justification of Red List category
This species is judged to have a very small population on two islands, and to be declining due to forest clearance and degradation for commercial logging and conversion to oil palm plantations. It is thought to have a single subpopulation. For these reasons, the species is listed as Vulnerable.



Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 69,200 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-britain-sparrowhawk-accipiter-brachyurus on 15/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 15/01/2025.