Northern Goshawk Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Accipiter gentilis
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Forests, Villages
Description : Northern Goshawk is a powerful grey-brown raptor with a short rounded wings and a longish tail.Male is smaller than female.Their upperparts:Grey brown and underparts:fine dark bars.It has prominent grey crown,nape and dark slaty-bill,has lemon or golden-yellow to red irises and yellow legs and feet.Juvenile appear as brown above and buff underparts with heavy dark streaks. The northern goshawk is a solitary or pair-dwelling bird species known for its territorial behavior. They vigorously defend their home ranges through display flights and, if necessary, physical fights.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Circus macrourus
(Pallid Harrier) -
Circus cyaneus
(Hen Harrier) -
Accipiter gularis
(Japanese Sparrowhawk) -
Butastur teesa
(White‑eyed Buzzard) -
Aquila rapax
(Tawny Eagle) -
Elanus axillaris
(Black‑shouldered Kite) -
Aquila fasciata
(Bonelli's Eagle) -
Gyps tenuirostris
(Slender‑billed Vulture) -
Aquila heliaca
(Eastern Imperial Eagle) -
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
(Pallas's Fish Eagle)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: vetfred(www.inaturalist.org/people/ vetfred),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;bird song owner:Greg McLachlan(www.xeno-canto.org/Greg McLachlan), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: vetfred(www.inaturalist.org/people/ vetfred),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;bird song owner:Greg McLachlan(www.xeno-canto.org/Greg McLachlan), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.