Japanese Sparrowhawk

It breeds in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of South-east Asia. It is a bird of open and wooded areas.

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The Japanese Sparrowhawk is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It breeds in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of South-east Asia. It is a bird of open and wooded areas. It is 23-30cm in length, with the female larger than the male. More

Japanese Sparrowhawk ( Accipiter gularis ) - Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) - C/WVPM - CF, CR, JL, LH, PU, SB - sighted - SBWR(M.trail);Cg(sep- ) ;LCK(sep07); CC; Japanese Sparrowhawk Japanese Sparrowhawk DSC_5987.jpg DSC_5987.jpg DSC_5970.jpg DSC_5970.jpg DSC_4731_filtered.jpg DSC_4731_filtered.jpg japanese sparrowhawk japanese sparrowhawk DSC_5045.jpg DSC_5045. More

Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis - Juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk Photographer : More

Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) is a local winter visitor in India. More

Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis = Described by: Temminck; Schlegel (1844) Alternate common name(s): Japanese Sparrow Hawk, Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawk, Asiatic Sparrowhawk, Eastern Besra Sparrowhawk, Japanese Sparrow Hawk Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range C. to e. Asia and Japan; (1) S. Siberia (upper Ob River, Altai e. More

Stamps showing Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis 37.077 Japanese Sparrowhawk IOC v2.4: 1036 Links will open countrypage in new window - Ajman 12.04. More

two islands, with Japanese Sparrowhawk being slightly more common on Bali than on Java. Systematic study of all available data on the relative abundance of the two species shows there is no evidence that changes in species composition have occurred. Emu 106(2) 157–162 doi:10. More

* Japanese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis * Small Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nanus * Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk, Accipiter erythrauchen * Collared Sparrowhawk, Accipiter cirrocephalus * New Britain Sparrowhawk, Accipiter brachyurus * Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Accipiter rhodogaster * Madagascar Sparrowhawk, Accipiter madagascariensis * Ovampo Sparrowhawk, Accipiter ovampensis * Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Accipiter rufiventris * Shikra, Accipiter badius More

Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Japan, NE and SE Asia Besra Accipiter virgatus India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, SE Asia Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis China, Korea, SE Asia ABOUT THE BIRDS Although typically a forest species, the Japanese Sparrowhawk has taken to living in the parks and gardens of Tokyo and other cities since the 1980s. The Besra is a close, but less migratory, cousin of the Japanese Sparrowhawk. More

The Japanese Sparrowhawk is a medium-sized Accipiter which breeds in southeastern Russia, North Korea, and most of Japan. It spends the winter in southeastern China, southeastern Asia, and the southern islands of Japan. This Japanese Sparrowhawk was photographed in winter as it hunted from a perch on telephone wires along a road on the island of Okinawa in Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. More

Order : Falconiformes
Family : Accipitridae
Genus : Accipiter
Species : gularis
Authority : (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)