Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk, Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter soloensis
Identification
30-36cm
Male
- Streaked grey upperparts
- Streaked white underparts
- Barred thighs
- Red eyes
Female larger
- Rufous breast and underwing coverts
- Yellow eyes
Juvenile
- Grey face
- Brown upperparts
- Yellow eyes
Distribution
East and South-East Asia. Breeds in Korea and in central, eastern and southern China and on Taiwan. Resident on Taiwan and in southern China but a summer visitor to remainder of breeding range.
Occurs on passage throughout eastern and southern China and on the Ryukyu Islands.
Winters south to Burma and Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines and south to the Greater Sundas and the western New Guinea islands.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forest and forest edge, open country, mangrove swamps.
Gallery
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Juvenile
Photo © by Romy Ocon
Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, Philippines, October 2005
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes frogs and lizards.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birdforum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chinese Goshawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Goshawk
External Links
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