The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
1
3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D
**AUSTRALIAN HOBBY
Falco longipennis
Range
Biak.
Status
Austral migrant.
Uncommon in New
Guinea
with very few records north of the central ranges (
Beehler
&
Pratt
2016). On
13 June 1989
, one perched on a radio mast near Biak airport shortly after dawn. A detailed telescope study revealed it to be an adult male: it had a large area of white on the head-sides with the collar extending to the back of the neck; pale throat becoming rufous on the underparts with indistinct dark markings on the breast; tail indistinctly barred and upperparts mid blue-grey (
JD
&
KDB
)
.