Doria's Hawk

Doria's hawk is endemic to lowland rainforests of New Guinea and Batanta Island. This bird is rarely seen and there is little record of it because the bird is not easily noticed and does not draw attention to itself. This is partly because of its camouflage and its other habits. After being monitored for seven years observation at Tabubil, Western Province of Papua New Guinea, there was only one sighting of the bird. The bird's habitat is more specifically the New Guinea lowlands, as well as shrubs or trees that grow mainly in coastal saline or brackish water, seasonal tropical forests. Its habit is to be below forest cover or shade. The bird does not fly or rise high in the air. The bird's habitat has been decreasing as deforestation continues.

The Doria's hawk is a patient hunter that spends hours perched on the canopies waiting for prey to run by. Other than that, there is not much else known about Doria's hawk when it comes to its diet and foraging.

In the genus name, "Mega-" is from the Greek word for "big". "Triorchis" was Greek for a kind of hawk thought to have three testicles — see Eutriorchis for details. The species name commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.