CHINESE SPARROWHAWK

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(see 861)          CHINESE SPARROWHAWK            Accipiter soloensis

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)           671

Found in open country, wooded areas; often seen in migrating flocks over forests. 29-35 cm. Breeds W,C,E,S China, taiwan, N,S Korea, S Ussuriland; winters Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, N Moluccan, rarely New Guinea.