NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Doria's Goshawk
Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Doria's hawk or Doria's goshawk (Megatriorchis doriae) is a raptor in the family Accipitridae that lives in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is the only species placed in the genus Megatriorchis. Within the family, it is relatively large in size, up to 69 cm long, with the female being larger in size than the male.
Wikipedia contributors, Doria's hawk; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:44:52.578991+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
- Name authority
- Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
- Common name
- Doria's Goshawk
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Megatriorchis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderAccipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae Vigors, 1824
- genusMegatriorchis Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
- speciesMegatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Salvadori, Tommaso, and Luigi Maria D’Albertis. (1875). Catalogo di una collezione di uccelli dell’ Isola Yule e della vicina costa meridionale della penisola orientale della Nuova Guinea, raccolti da L. M. D’Albertis. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale Di Genova, Vol. 7. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:VHDDW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.