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Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Latin Name:
Accipiter nisus
Category:
Size:
31-36cm
Description:
Small raptor, similar in size to Shikra, but darker; adult male dark slate grey above, with more pronounced rufous-orange barring on underparts, barred tail, no mesial stripe, no contrasting wing-tips; in flight, barred underwing conspicuous; female darker grey-brown above, brown-barred below, with white supercilium; juvenile dark brown streaked with rufous above; racial variations; solitary, or in pairs; hunts like Shikra, though methods differ between sexes: male surprises small prey by swooping from cover, female larger prey in the open, after survey flight.
Habitat:
Forest, open woodland, groves.
Food:
Mostly birds.
Distribution:
Kashmir eastwards throughout the region
Call:
Call Description:
kyek kyek kyek; kik kik kik; keew keew keew.
IUCN:
At IITK: