Gracile goshawk
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Extinct species of bird
| Gracile goshawk Temporal range: Holocene
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Tachyspiza |
| Species: | †T. quartus
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| †Tachyspiza quartus | |
The gracile goshawk (Tachyspiza quartus) is an extinct species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was endemic to the islands of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the southwest 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 quartus means "fourth"; it was the fourth Accipiter species recorded from New Caledonia (although it is now placed in the genus Tachyspiza ). The gracile goshawk was smaller and much less robust than its contemporary congener the powerful goshawk, remains of which were also found at the same site.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Balouet, J.C.; Olson, Storrs L. (1989). "Fossil birds from Late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 469: 7–8. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.469. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012年08月15日. Retrieved 2012年08月31日.