What Bird is this. (Australia)
May 13, 2013 04:36:59 #
There has been some debate on this being a Chicken Hawk or a Goshalk. Or the close looker of the Sparrow Hawk. what do you think. They look so much the same.???
I rescued this bird this morning. I was exhausted. After placing a towel over it, I lifted it to freedom.
It was flyihg into the glass of our veranda.
May 13, 2013 04:49:50 #
May 13, 2013 05:37:12 #
I'd say Collared Sparrowhawk, sometimes called Chichenhawk I gather. Mainly because of the long slender legs and toes. Colouring not quite right though - maybe immature? Happy to be advised otherwise if any experts respond!
May 13, 2013 06:22:23 #
Thanks, The goshawk is call the chickenhawk. Have had alot of feed back from Facebook today. But still no result. Seems to be a bit of a mystery. The sparrowhawk has more white bellow the tail area. where my one had patterned feathers. I don't know.???
FreoJim wrote:
I'd say Collared Sparrowhawk, sometimes called Chichenhawk I gather. Mainly because of the long slender legs and toes. Colouring not quite right though - maybe immature? Happy to be advised otherwise if any experts respond!
May 14, 2013 07:20:52 #
May 14, 2013 07:59:45 #
Thanks, thought so and they are also know as a chicken hawk as well. Have seen them a few times over the years around our place. Glad I saved it.
Kinopless wrote:
It's a Brown Goshawk...
May 14, 2013 21:15:49 #
Kinopless wrote:
It's a Brown Goshawk...
:thumbup:
Accipiter fasciatus is what I would have guessed as well. The tail looks rounded. I believe his bird is a juvenile also.
Common names can be very misleading at times. The long, thin toes are very indicative of cirrhocephalus. If thhe size of the bird was 42 to 50cm it was faciatus. If 30 to 38 cirrhocephalus.
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