Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	17,200,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated to number in the tens of thousands.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Bangladesh	extant	vagrant			yes
Bhutan	extant	native		yes
Brunei	extant	native		yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native		yes
Indonesia	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Malaysia	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native		yes
Nepal	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native		yes
Singapore	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native		yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native		yes
Thailand	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/crested-goshawk-accipiter-trivirgatus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.