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[[Image:CSparrowHk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|kctsang|kctsang}}<br />[[Singapore]], November 2007]] | [[Image:CSparrowHk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|kctsang|kctsang}}<br />[[Singapore]], November 2007]] | ||
| − | '''Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk''' | + | '''Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk, Chinese Sparrowhawk''' |
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] soloensis | ;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] soloensis | ||
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Forest and forest edge, open country, mangrove swamps. | Forest and forest edge, open country, mangrove swamps. | ||
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Image:Chinese_Goshawk.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo © by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, [[Philippines]], October 2005 | Image:Chinese_Goshawk.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo © by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, [[Philippines]], October 2005 | ||
| − | Image:2083DSC 3103-01.jpg|Photo © by {{user|wengchun|wengchun}}<br />Putrajaya Wetland, [[Malaysia]], October 2005 | + | Image:2083DSC 3103-01.jpg|Photo © by {{user|wengchun|wengchun}}<br />Putrajaya Wetland, [[Malaysia]], October 2005 |
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The diet includes frogs and lizards. | The diet includes frogs and lizards. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Accipiter+soloensis}} | {{GSearch|Accipiter+soloensis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 16 October 2020
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
Click on photo for larger image
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 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Goshawk
