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Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk

Accipiter soloensis
Photo by Romy Ocon
Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, Philippines, October 2005

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
Photo by wengchun
Putrajaya Wetland, Malaysia, October 2005

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.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes frogs and lizards.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations

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