Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis)

Other Names (World)
Chinese Sparrowhawk, Chinese Goshawk, Horsfield's Sparrowhawk, Grey Frog Hawk, Gray Frog Hawk, Grey Goshawk(!), Gray Goshawk(!)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
25 - 30 cm
Wingspan: 61 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Forested and wooded country. Also open fields near wooded hills.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia, China (mainland) (B), Guam (NB), Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Japan (B), Laos, Malaysia, Micronesia [Federated States of] (NB), Myanmar, North Korea (B), Northern Mariana Islands (NB), Palau (NB), Papua New Guinea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian) (B), Singapore, South Korea (B), Taiwan (China), Thailand, Timor-Leste (NB) (P), Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam.

Southern Ussuriland and Korea; central and eastern China and Taiwan. Winters from extreme south-eastern China and Hainan, south through Indochina, Philippines and Indonesia to western New Guinea and occasionally western Micronesia.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) [XC700249]
by Terry Townshend from Proyek Rest Area Jatiayu, Gunung Kidul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (call)

Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) [XC718407]
by Oriental Stork from Shanghai Botanical Garden Pinetum (near Shanghai), Shang Hai Shi, China (alarm call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with Shikra (Accipiter badius), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Nicobar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter butleri) and Frances's Sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) - 10 files

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