Shikra Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Accipiter badius
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Shikra is a small pale raptor with rounded wings and golden irises (adult bird length approximately 31 cm, weight 192 g, wing 20.8 cm, bill 2.2 cm, tarsus 5.2 cm, tail 15.6 cm). The male is smaller than the female. The male looks pale grey from above and pale brownish-orange from below. It feeds on lizards, frogs, dragonflies, small birds and mammals.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier) -
Accipiter gularis
(Japanese Sparrowhawk) -
Butastur teesa
(White‑eyed Buzzard) -
Gyps tenuirostris
(Slender‑billed Vulture) -
Gyps himalayensis
(Himalayan Griffon) -
Aquila nipalensis
(Steppe Eagle) -
Aquila fasciata
(Bonelli's Eagle) -
Circus pygargus
(Montagu's Harrier) -
Accipiter nisus
(Eurasian Sparrowhawk) -
Haliaeetus leucogaster
(White‑bellied Sea Eagle)
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: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Oscar Campbell(www.xeno-canto.org/Oscar Campbell), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Oscar Campbell(www.xeno-canto.org/Oscar Campbell), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.