JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

(see 879)              JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK            Accipiter gularis       

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)               691

Bird of open and wooded areas. 23-30 cm. Breed in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of South-east Asia.

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.

JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK

Photographed on Lombok, Indonesia November 2016 

(879)              JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK               Accipiter gularis  

INDONESIA (Lombok)          (102)        

Frequents forests and open woodlands and is often seen near the coast. 27 cm. Breeds in northeastern Asia; migratory; widespread winter visitor in the Sunda and parts of Wallacea subregions; probably overlooked on many islands; generally fairly common and locally abundant during peak migration.

CHINESE SPARROWHAWK

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(861)              CHINESE SPARROWHAWK                    Accipiter soloensis 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (82)        

Found in wooded areas. 30-36 cm; female larger than the male. Breeds in Southeast China, Taiwan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of southeast Asia.

COLLARED SPARROWHAWK

Juvenile Collared Sparrowhawk, photographed at Cheyne Beach March 2015

556         COLLARED SPARROWHAWK               Accipter cirrhocephalus

Australia      (397)

Range all over Australia, including Tasmania, widespread, uncommon but may be seldom recognised as similar to Brown Goshawk. Found in forests, woodlands, river margins, inland scrubs, timbered gorges, farmlands, shelter belts, leafy suburban gardens. 30-40 cm, wingspan 76 cm.

BLACK SPARROWHAWK

372                BLACK SPARROWHAWK              Accipter melanoleucus

South Africa            (65)

Also known as Black Goshawk and Great Sparrowhawk. Found in forests and non-desert areas south of the Sahara. Likes areas where there are tall trees for nesting, but also human altered habitat. Preys on birds of moderate size in suburban areas. 40-54 cm, wingspan 77-105 cm.

NANKEEN KESTREL

Photographed in Parkes, central NSW

47        NANKEEN KESTREL             Falco cenchroides

Australia         (47)

Also known as Australian kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Windhover. 30-35 cm, span to 80 cm, female larger. Found all over Australia. Habitat includes grasslands, farmland, grain silos, plains, gibber desert, farmlands.