Gracile goshawk [SEP] parent taxon
Gracile goshawk
The gracile goshawk ("Accipiter quartus") is an extinct species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It was endemic to the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the south-west Pacific region. It was described from subfossil bones found at the Pindai Caves paleontological site on the west coast of Grande Terre. The specific epithet comes from the Latin "quartus" (fourth), because it was the fourth "Accipiter" species recorded from New Caledonia. The gracile goshawk was smaller and much
islands—as an Endemic Bird Area (EBA).
List of species.
The following is a list of species endemic to New Caledonia. Except where indicated, the species is only found on Grande Terre.
- White-bellied goshawk
- †Powerful goshawk
- †Gracile goshawk
- New Caledonian rail
- †New Caledonian gallinule
- Kagu
- †Lowland kagu
- Cloven-feathered dove
- New Caledonian imperial pigeon
- †New Caledonian ground dove
- New Caledonian lorikeet
- Horned parakeet