CHRISTMAS ISLAND GOSHAWK

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

954               CHRISTMAS ISLAND GOSHAWK          Accipiter fasciatus natalis

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)              683

Also called Christmas Goshawk. Found in tropical rainforests, regrowth forest and edges of clearings on Christmas Island. Endemic to Christmas Island.

RED GOSHAWK

Photographed in Kakadu, Northern Territory May 2016

776          RED GOSHAWK              Erythrotriorchis radiatus

Australia            (620)

Found in open forests, woodlands, especially near rivers, wetlands; rainforest fringes. 50-61 cm, span to 1.35 m, Female much larger. Range: coastal and sub-coastal n. and ne. Aust. , from Kimberley (WA), formerly s. to Sydney but rarely seen s. of Q-NSW border. Rare, declining.

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.

BROWN GOSHAWK

195       BROWN GOSHAWK             Accipiter fasciatus

Australia            (195)

Also known as Australian goshawk. 40-50 cm, span 70 cm to c. 1m, female larger. Common across all of Australia mainland and Tasmania. Found in open forests, woodland, scrubland, farmland, parks and gardens.

GREY GOSHAWK

Grey Goshawk, photographed near Stroud in NSW

20    GREY GOSHAWK      Accipiter novaehollandiae

Australia    (20)

Also known as Variable or White Goshawk. 40-54 cmd, wingspan to 1.1 m. Female larger. Single or pairs. Sits in dead or emergent trees hunting. Rainforests, forests, woodlands. Found in Tasmania, across northern Australia and down coast (to about 200 kms inland) around to Adelaide.