{"id":6628,"date":"2017-07-24T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T19:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:25:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:25:40","slug":"levant-sparrowhawk-accipiter-brevipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6628","title":{"rendered":"Levant Sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

– small raptor, size of Common Kestrel
\n– diurnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small to very large, loose flocks<\/p>\n

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

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\nLevant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1525, 13\/08\/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– only four fingers
\n– breast and belly streaked, distict gular-stripe
\n– outermost rectrices with more and finer bars than the rest of the tail ->\u00a0Eurasian Sparrowhawk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLevant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1526, 13\/08\/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– on greater distance similar to a Kestrel due to narrow hand and pointed wing tip, but note bulging secondaries<\/p>\n

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\nLevant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1562, 15\/04\/2007, Gabel Elzeet, Egypt, Graeme Pegram
\n– only Accipiter<\/em> that flocks on migration
\n– birds with extensive black wing tips are AD M<\/p>\n

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\nLevant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1563, 15\/04\/2007, Gabel Elzeet, Egypt, Graeme Pegram
\n– flocks make use of thermals<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Eurasian 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, size of Common Kestrel – diurnal migrant – migrates singly or in small to very large, loose flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes, 1CY BIF1525, 13\/08\/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df – only four fingers – breast and belly streaked, distict gular-stripe – outermost rectrices with … Continue reading Levant Sparrowhawk
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