Meyer's goshawk
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = John Gerrard Keulemans03.jpg
| image_caption = John Gerrard Keulemans (1870)
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Astur
| species = meyerianus
| authority = Sharpe, 1878
| synonyms =
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Meyer's goshawk (Astur meyerianus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
The common name commemorates Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies.{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|page=234|author2=Watkins, Michael}}
References
{{Commons category|Accipiter meyerianus}}
{{Wikispecies|Astur meyerianus}}
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Category:Birds of the Maluku Islands
Category:Birds of prey of New Guinea
Category:Birds of the New Guinea Highlands
Category:Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago
Category:Birds of the Solomon Islands
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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