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[[Image:CSparrowHk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|kctsang|kctsang}}<br />[[Singapore]], November 2007]]
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'''Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk, Chinese Sparrowhawk'''
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] soloensis
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] soloensis
[[Image:Chinese_Goshawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Romy Ocon<br>Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, Philippines]]
 
Aka '''Grey Frog Hawk'''
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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30-36cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Streaked grey upperparts
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*Streaked white underparts
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*Barred thighs
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*Red eyes<br />
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[[Image:IMG 5899-800x600.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Mount Makiling, Laguna province, [[Philippines]], November 2007]]
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'''Female''' larger
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*Rufous breast and underwing coverts
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*Yellow eyes<br />
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'''Juvenile'''
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*Grey face
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*Brown upperparts
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*Yellow eyes
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
East and South-East [[Asia]]. Breeds in [[Korea]] and in central, eastern and southern [[China]] and on [[Taiwan]].  
 
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.  
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Resident on Taiwan and in southern China but a summer visitor to remainder of breeding range.
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Occurs on passage throughout eastern and southern China and on the Ryukyu Islands.
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Winters south to [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]], the [[Philippines]] and south to the [[Greater Sundas]] and the western [[New Guinea]] islands.  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forest and woodlands, open areas with scattered trees on passage and in winter.
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Forest and forest edge, open country, mangrove swamps.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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<gallery>
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Image:Chinese_Goshawk.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, [[Philippines]], October 2005
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Image:2083DSC 3103-01.jpg|Photo &copy; by {{user|wengchun|wengchun}}<br />Putrajaya Wetland, [[Malaysia]], October 2005
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</gallery>
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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The diet includes frogs and lizards.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Birdforum Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Accipiter+soloensis}}  
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{{GSearch|"Accipiter soloensis" {{!}} "Chinese Goshawk" {{!}} "Chinese Sparrowhawk" {{!}} "Grey Frog Hawk"}}  
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=895&Bird_Image_ID=13567&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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{{GS-checked}}1
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Incomplete]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]

Latest revision as of 14:15, 11 July 2023

Male
Photo © by kctsang
Singapore, November 2007

Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk, Chinese Sparrowhawk

Accipiter soloensis

Identification

30-36cm
Male

  • Streaked grey upperparts
  • Streaked white underparts
  • Barred thighs
  • Red eyes
Female
Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna province, Philippines, November 2007

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

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes frogs and lizards.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Birdforum Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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