It was endemic to the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific region.

It was described from subfossil bones found at the Pindai Caves paleontological site on the west coast of Grande Terre.

[1] It is an Accipiter of the A. gentilis group, recognizable by very large size and the proportionately short, very robust tarsometatarsus.

Also, the distal foramen of the tarsometatarsus is markedly smaller and the wing of the inner trochlea does not extend as far posteriorly.

Compared with A. meyerianus, the ulna is more robust, with a heavier olecranon; the tarsometatarsus is also more robust, especially in lateral view, the distal end is more expanded, the distal foramen smaller, and the posterior face of the shaft more excavated and channel-like.