{"id":6570,"date":"2017-07-24T19:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:25:50","slug":"eurasian-sparrowhawk-accipiter-nisus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6570","title":{"rendered":"Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– small raptor, kestrel-sized
\n– diurnal migrant, active sea-crossing
\n– migrates singly, sometimes a few birds together<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1485, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– pale tips to greater coverts and rufous fringed median\/lesser coverts typical for 1CY
\n– pale-yellow iris (darker yellow in AD)<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1486, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\nsame as 1485
\n– note regular bold barring of underside but less so on throat
\n– six long fingers ->\u00a0Levant Sparrowhawk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1488, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\nsame as 1485
\n– upperside brown not grey-brown to grey-blue like in AD
\n– upperwing barring of flight feathers less distict than in -> 1CY Northern Goshawk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1490, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\nsame as BIF1485
\n– in head-on view not as `muscular\u00b4 as ->\u00a0Northern Goshawk<\/a>
\n– white supercillia almost meet at nape<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1491, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\nsame as BIF1485
\n– wingbeats can have a high amplitude -> powerful impression<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1493, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– sharp `corners\u00b4 of tail and bold barring of remiges ->\u00a0Northern Goshawk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1501, 29\/09\/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– most 1CY show obviously different markings of upper breast (cf. heart-shaped) and belly (barring)
\n– distict narrow subterminal band in secondaries, inner primaries and tail (AD with broad dark trailing edge)<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1500, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\ndespite rather regularly barring age as 1CY because:
\n– pale-yellow iris
\n– dark subterminal bar instead of broad dark terminal bar in tail<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F AD (lower), F 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1504, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– note the more irregular barring of the upperbreast and the paler yellow iris of the 1CY bird<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1498, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– F usually with whitish supercilium (lacking in most M)
\n– grey barring
\n– \u201acorners\u2018 of tail not always sharp<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, F AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1499, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– broad dusky trailing edge to the wing and the tail (compare with 1CY on BIF1501)<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, M AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1496, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– typical AD M with rusty brown barring<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus<\/em> ssp., M AD<\/strong>
\nHouse Sparrow Passer domesticus<\/em><\/strong> or Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis<\/em>, F<\/strong>
\nBIF1497, 27\/11\/2016, Eilat, Israel, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– some AD M can show almost unicoloured rusty throat and upper breast
\n– the more colourful, probably older AD M have an orange rather than yellow iris
\n– note long and slender tarsus<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em>, M AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1495, 28\/04\/2008, R\u00fcgen, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– pale M not different from AD F with rather fine barring
\n– note seemingly muscular breast as a result of the full crop<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1506, 30\/04\/2008, R\u00fcgen, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– typical silhouette at greater distance: long tail with sharp corners and rounded wings with boldly barred remiges<\/p>\n

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\nEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1507, 04\/10\/2014, Om\u00f8, Denmark, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– two birds with full crop<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– usually nonvocal during migration<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Levant Sparrowhawk<\/a> (v)
\nNorthern Goshawk<\/a> (v)
\nShikra (v)<\/p>\n

#raptor #birdofprey #birdsofprey<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – small raptor, kestrel-sized – diurnal migrant, active sea-crossing – migrates singly, sometimes a few birds together >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n. nisus, F 1CY BIF1485, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze – pale tips to greater coverts and rufous fringed median\/lesser coverts typical for 1CY – pale-yellow iris … Continue reading Eurasian Sparrowhawk
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