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New Britain sparrowhawk

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The New Britain sparrowhawk is a threatened species of bird of prey endemic to two Papua New Guinea islands, New Britain and New Ireland. In 1934 the ornithologist Ernst Mayr, surveying mountain bird life during the Whitney South Sea Expedition, already found the species to be very rare. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial and Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Accipiter brachyurus 2
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Sources
1. New Britain sparrowhawk (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    In 1934 the ornithologist Ernst Mayr, surveying mountain bird life during the Whitney South Sea Expedition, already found the species to be very rare.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = VU
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2. New Britain sparrowhawk (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q114008 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
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