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Journal of BirdLife Australia
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Accipiter imitatoron Isabel Island, Solomon Islands

Mary LeCroy, Andrew W. Kratter, D. W. Steadman and Horace P. Webb

Emu 101(2) 151 - 155
Published: 2001

Abstract

We report two recently collected specimens of Accipiter imitator from Isabel Island, one of them the first specimen of a melanistic individual of the species. Surprisingly, we found no specimen records from Isabel of Accipiter albogularis, a very similar congener that occurs together with A. imitator on several islands. We call attention to the difficulties of sight identification and, based on a study of specimens, describe and tabulate morphological differences between the two species. We also give skeletal measurements of several species of Accipiter.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MU00019

© Royal Australian Ornithologists Union 2001

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