Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Last revised: 2003

• Main Authors: Written Steven, M. Desimone, David W. Hays
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Refer; Accipiter gentilis; Northern Goshawk
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.214.361; http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/phs/vol4/north_goshawk.pdf

The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is holarctic in distribution, occupying a wide variety of boreal and montane forest habitats throughout Eurasia and North America (Palmer 1988, Johnsgard 1990). Three subspecies of the goshawk are recognized in North America (Johnsgard 1990, James and Palmer 1997), but only the northern goshawk (A.g. atricapillus) is known in Washington. Northern goshawks can occur in all forested regions of Washington (see Figure 1). As of 2003, there were 338 documented breeding territories in the state (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife [WDFW], unpublished data). The exact number is not known, because monitoring is not currently being Figure 1. Shaded areas contain the general forest