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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Accipiter trivirgatus
(Crested Goshawk) -
Circus macrourus
(Pallid Harrier) -
Elanus axillaris
(Black‑shouldered Kite) -
Accipiter badius
(Shikra) -
Circus cyaneus
(Hen Harrier) -
Haliaeetus leucogaster
(White‑bellied Sea Eagle) -
Neophron percnopterus
(Egyptian Vulture) -
Buteo rufinus
(Long‑legged Buzzard) -
Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier) -
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: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.