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
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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**CHINESE SPARROWHAWK
Accipiter soloensis
Local name
Mamunman (Sansundi).
Range
Biak.
Status
Palearctic migrant. Very uncommon Palearctic winter migrant to western New
Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016)
.
14‒15 February 2011
: a female roosted in degraded woodland on Biak (
Germi
et al
. 2013
). The lack of records may be due to the paucity of experienced observers visiting the region at the appropriate season (November‒April).