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− | Photo taken: Putrajaya Wetland, Malaysia | + | [[Image:Japanese_Sparrowhawk.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by wengchun.<br />Photo taken: Putrajaya Wetland, Malaysia.]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
23-30cm in length, with the female larger than the male. Dark barred underwings, lightly barred underparts, dark grey upperparts and red eyes. Female has yellow eyes and dark barred underparts. juvenile has brown upperparts and streaks on breast. | 23-30cm in length, with the female larger than the male. Dark barred underwings, lightly barred underparts, dark grey upperparts and red eyes. Female has yellow eyes and dark barred underparts. juvenile has brown upperparts and streaks on breast. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and [[Siberia]] | + | [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and [[Siberia]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== |
Revision as of 15:38, 4 October 2007
- Accipiter gularis
Identification
23-30cm in length, with the female larger than the male. Dark barred underwings, lightly barred underparts, dark grey upperparts and red eyes. Female has yellow eyes and dark barred underparts. juvenile has brown upperparts and streaks on breast.
Distribution
China, Japan, Korea and Siberia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open forest, forest edge and cultivated land with scattered trees.
Behaviour
It feeds on birds taken on flight.