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Shikra* |
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Accipiter badius |
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Shikra
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Other Names (World)
Shikra, Little Banded Goshawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
30 - 36 cm
Wingspan: 52 - 68 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)
Afghanistan (B), Angola, Azerbaijan (B), Bangladesh (B), Benin, Bhutan (B), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia (B), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kyrgyzstan (B), Laos (B), Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (B), Namibia, Nepal (B), Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan (B), Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka (B), Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand (B), Togo, Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Uzbekistan (B), Vietnam (B), Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Armenia, Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman.
Introduced to United Arab Emirates (B).
Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (109)...)
Shikra (Accipiter) [XC426353]
by Joost van Bruggen from Manas National Park, Assam, India (call)
Shikra (Accipiter badius) [XC185039]
by Albert Lastukhin from Karaulbazar District, Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Nicobar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter butleri) and Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), and perhaps also Chinese Goshawk (Accipiter soloensis) and Frances's Sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae). Formerly considered conspecific with Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) and sometimes considered to include Nicobar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter butleri).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
- cenchroides (Severtsov, 1873) - Azerbaijan east to Kazakhstan and Iran east to north-western India, migrating further southern in winter.
- dussumieri (Temminck, 1824) - Central India and Bangladesh.
- badius (Gmelin, 1788) - South-western India and Sri Lanka.
- poliopsis (Hume, 1874) - North-eastern India east to southern China, south to Thailand and Vietnam.
- sphenurus (Rüppell, 1836) - Senegambia east to south-western Arabia, south to northern Zaire and northern Tanzania.
- polyzonoides Smith, A, 1838 - Southern Zaire and southern Tanzania to northern South Africa.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Shikra see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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