Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae |
Scientific Name: | Accipiter haplochrous Sclater, 1859 | |||
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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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK. |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Near Threatened ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Date Assessed: | 2016-10-01 |
Assessor(s): | BirdLife International |
Reviewer(s): | Butchart, S. & Symes, A. |
Contributor(s): | Barré, N. & Chartendrault, V. |
Facilitator/Compiler(s): | Derhé, M., Dutson, G., Mahood, S., O'Brien, A. |
Justification: This species is classified as Near Threatened because it is confined to one small island on which habitat degradation may be causing a moderate decline. |
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Range Description: | Accipiter haplochrous is endemic to New Caledonia (to France) where it is fairly common throughout. It is distributed from the far north (Manjelia) to the far south at Goro. Its area of occurrence is therefore c.12,000 km2, which if each pair requires 3-5 km2, equates to a population of c.2,400-4,000 pairs (V. Chartendrault and N. Barré in litt. 2007). | ||||||||||||||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||
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Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population: | The global population numbers c.2,400-4,000 pairs (V. Chartendrault and N. Barré in litt. 2007), best placed precautionarily in band 2,500-9,999 individuals. This equates to 1,667-6,666 mature individuals, rounded here to 1,500-7,000 mature individuals. Trend Justification: There are no data on population trends; however, habitat degradation is suspected to be causing a slow to moderate decline. | ||||||||||||||||
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Habitat and Ecology: | It appears to be widespread in humid forest but occurs at lower densities in degraded forest and savannah where it coexists with Brown Goshawk A. fasciatus. It is not shy and often found close to human habitation (V. Chartendrault and N. Barré in litt. 2007). |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: | Yes |
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Generation Length (years): | 7.2 |
Movement patterns: | Not a Migrant |
Major Threat(s): | Despite legal protection, a few are killed around inhabitated areas, as it sometimes kills domestic chickens, and habitat loss and degradation are further threats (Vuilleumier and Gochfield 1976, Stokes 1980, Thiollay 1993, Ekstrom et al. 2000). However, it is assumed that it is not undergoing any significant continuing decline. |
Conservation Actions: |
Conservation Actions Underway CITES Appendix II. Conservation Actions Proposed Ensure the protection of tracts of primary forest. Monitor populations in primary and degraded forest to ellucidate trends. Compare nesting success in primary and degraded forest. Run a public education campaign to discourage the killing of native raptors. |
Ekstrom, J. M. M.; Jones, J. P. G.; Willis, J.; Isherwood, I. 2000. The humid forests of New Caledonia: biological research and conservation recommendations for the vertebrate fauna of Grande Terre. CSB Conservation Publications, Cambridge, U.K. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016). Stokes, T. 1980. Notes on the landbirds of New Caledonia. Emu 80: 81-86. Thiollay, J.-M. 1993. Habitat segregation and the insular syndrome in two congeneric raptors in New Caledonia, the White-bellied Goshawk Accipiter haplochrous and the Brown Goshawk A. fasciatus. Ibis 135: 237-246. Vuilleumier, F.; Gochfeld, M. 1976. Notes sur l'avifauna de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Alauda 44: 237-273. |
Citation: | BirdLife International. 2016. Accipiter haplochrous. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22695541A93514419. . Downloaded on 25 April 2018. |
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