Christmas goshawk

Christmas goshawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species:
Subspecies:
A. f. natalis
Trinomial name
Accipiter fasciatus natalis
(Lister, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Accipiter natalis
  • Accipiter novaehollandiae natalis
  • Accipiter hiogaster natalis

The Christmas goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) or Christmas Island goshawk is a bird of prey in the goshawk and sparrowhawk family Accipitridae. It is a threatened endemic of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean.