Japanese Sparrowhawk Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Accipiter gularis
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : Male Japanese Sparrowhawk has dark bluish-grey upperparts, pale rufous to pale grey underparts. Female has brown back and whitish underparts with distinct grayish- brown barring. Juvenile dark grayish brown upperparts with rufous fringes, white supercilium and brown to rufous streaking on breast. It feeds on small birds etc. It is a bird of open and wooded areas.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Circus cyaneus
(Hen Harrier) -
Nisaetus nipalensis
(Mountain Hawk-eagle) -
Haliastur indus
(Brahminy Kite) -
Haliaeetus albicilla
(White-tailed Eagle) -
Accipiter badius
(Shikra) -
Clanga hastata
(Indian Spotted Eagle) -
Circus macrourus
(Pallid Harrier) -
Aquila nipalensis
(Steppe Eagle) -
Ictinaetus malaiensis
(Black Eagle) -
Gyps bengalensis
(White‑rumped Vulture)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Grimmett et al, 2011, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Oxford University Press, India, taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Bruno Durand (www.inaturalist.org/people/Bruno Durand ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;xeno-cantomore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Grimmett et al, 2011, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Oxford University Press, India, taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Bruno Durand (www.inaturalist.org/people/Bruno Durand ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;xeno-cantomore information, please contact us.