Photographically confirmed sighting of the New Britain Goshawk Tachyspiza princeps

Abstract

An adult of the endemic, globally threatened (Vulnerable) New Britain Goshawk Tachyspiza princeps was photographed in the rainforest at Pomio, in the Nakanai Ranges of New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, on 16 March 2024. This represents the first photograph and only so-confirmed record of the species in 55 years. The forest habitat of this species is threatened by clearing, logging and mining.