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[[Image:Crested_Goshawk.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Khao Yai, [[Thailand]], March 2006]]
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[[Image:Crested_Goshawk.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Khao Yai, [[Thailand]], March 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] trivirgatus
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] trivirgatus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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This raptor has short broad wings and a long tail, both adaptations to manoeuvring through trees. It is 30-46cm in length, with the female much larger than the male.
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30–46 cm (11¾-18 in); female larger than male<br />
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Short broad wings and long tail<br />
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The male has a dark brown crown, yellow eyes, grey head sides and dark moustachial and mesial stripes. The pale underparts are patterned with rufous streaks on the breast and bars on the belly.
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'''Male'''
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*Dark brown crown
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The larger female has browner head sides and brown underpart streaks and bars.
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*Yellow eyes
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*Grey head sides
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The juvenile has pale fringes to its head feathers, and the underpart background colour is buff rather than white. Juvenile also have pale grey eyes and lack the dark mesial stripe.
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*Dark moustachial and mesial stripes
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*Pale underparts has reddish breast streaks and bars on the belly<br />
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'''Female''': head sides are browner, and underparts streaks and bars are brown<br />
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'''Juvenile''': head feathers have pale fringes. Buff underparts. Grey eyes and lacks the dark mesial stripe
 
====Similar Species====
 
====Similar Species====
 
[[Image:Crested_Goshawk_juv.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Jason+Tan|Jason Tan}}<br /> Kuala Lumpur, [[Malaysia]] ]]
 
[[Image:Crested_Goshawk_juv.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Jason+Tan|Jason Tan}}<br /> Kuala Lumpur, [[Malaysia]] ]]
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The larger size and a short crest are the best distinctions from its relative, the [[Besra]], ''Accipiter virgatus''.
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[[Besra]]: which is smaller and lacks the crest.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Southern [[Asia]]: breeds in western [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and from north-east India and the Himalayas east to south-central and southern [[China]] and [[Taiwan]], south to the [[Malay Peninsula]]. Also occurs on [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]] and the southern [[Philippines|Philippine]] islands of Palawan, Negros, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao as well as numerous smaller islands. Resident.
 
Southern [[Asia]]: breeds in western [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and from north-east India and the Himalayas east to south-central and southern [[China]] and [[Taiwan]], south to the [[Malay Peninsula]]. Also occurs on [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]] and the southern [[Philippines|Philippine]] islands of Palawan, Negros, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao as well as numerous smaller islands. Resident.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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The Crested Goshawk (''Accipiter trivirgatus'') is a bird of prey in the family [[:Category:Accipitridae|Accipitridae]] which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers.
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====Subspecies====
 
[[Image:Crested_Goshawk_a.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Zep|Zep}}<br />Lamma Island, [[Hong Kong]], [[China]], January 2007]]  
 
[[Image:Crested_Goshawk_a.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Zep|Zep}}<br />Lamma Island, [[Hong Kong]], [[China]], January 2007]]  
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====Subspecies====
 
 
There are 11 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
There are 11 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''A. t. indicus'': [[India]] and [[Nepal]] to southern [[China]], [[Indochina]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]
 
*''A. t. indicus'': [[India]] and [[Nepal]] to southern [[China]], [[Indochina]] and [[Malay Peninsula]]
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Lowland and hill forest up to about 2,000 m.  
 
Lowland and hill forest up to about 2,000 m.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Crested goshawk flight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|aritervo|aritervo}}<br />Thaimaa, Phuket, Thailand, December 2007]]
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====Flight Action====
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The flight is a characteristic "slow flap, slow flap, straight glide" similar to other Accipiter species such as [[Northern Goshawk]]. Like its relatives, this secretive forest bird hunts birds, mammals and reptiles in woodland, relying on surprise as it flies from a perch to catch its prey unaware.
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Typical goshawk action of flap, flap, glide. A woodland specialist which relies on surprise to ambush its prey.
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====Diet====
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[[Image:Crested Goshawk 31.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|shrek48|shrek48}}<br />Yungyang, [[China]], March 2016]]
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Their diet consists of large insects, small mammals, reptiles; such as lizards and frogs, and birds.
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====Vocalisation====
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Mostly quiet. Screams when defending nest. Call is a screamed ''he, he, hehehehe''
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
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#Wikipedia
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 22:58, 20 March 2016

Photo by Peter Ericsson
Khao Yai, Thailand, March 2006
Accipiter trivirgatus

Identification

30–46 cm (11¾-18 in); female larger than male
Short broad wings and long tail
Male

  • Dark brown crown
  • Yellow eyes
  • Grey head sides
  • Dark moustachial and mesial stripes
  • Pale underparts has reddish breast streaks and bars on the belly

Female: head sides are browner, and underparts streaks and bars are brown
Juvenile: head feathers have pale fringes. Buff underparts. Grey eyes and lacks the dark mesial stripe

Similar Species

Juvenile
Photo by Jason Tan
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Besra: which is smaller and lacks the crest.

Distribution

Southern Asia: breeds in western India and Sri Lanka and from north-east India and the Himalayas east to south-central and southern China and Taiwan, south to the Malay Peninsula. Also occurs on Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the southern Philippine islands of Palawan, Negros, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao as well as numerous smaller islands. Resident.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo by Zep
Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China, January 2007

There are 11 subspecies[1]:

  • A. t. indicus: India and Nepal to southern China, Indochina and Malay Peninsula
  • A. t. peninsulae: South-western India
  • A. t. layardi: Sri Lanka
  • A. t. formosae: Taiwan
  • A. t. trivirgatus: Sumatra
  • A. t. niasensis: Nias Island (off western Sumatra)
  • A. t. javanicus: Java (vagrant to Bali)
  • A. t. microstictus: Borneo
  • A. t. palawanus: South-western Philippines (Palawan and Calamianes)
  • A. t. extimus: South-eastern Philippine Islands
  • A. t. castroi: Polillo (off Luzon in northern Philippines)

Habitat

Lowland and hill forest up to about 2,000 m.

Behaviour

Flight Action

Typical goshawk action of flap, flap, glide. A woodland specialist which relies on surprise to ambush its prey.

Diet

Juvenile
Photo by shrek48
Yungyang, China, March 2016

Their diet consists of large insects, small mammals, reptiles; such as lizards and frogs, and birds.

Vocalisation

Mostly quiet. Screams when defending nest. Call is a screamed he, he, hehehehe

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
  3. Wikipedia

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