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Alternative name: Grey Frog Hawk

Accipiter soloensis

Photo by Romy Ocon
Subic Rainforest, Zambales Province, Philippines

[edit] Identification

30-36cm. Male - streaked grey upperparts, streaked white underparts, barred thighs, red eyes. Female - larger, rufous breast and underwing coverts, yellow eyes. Juvenile - grey face, brown upperparts, yellow eyes.

[edit] Distribution

East and South-East Asia. Breeds in Korea and in central, eastern and southern China and on Taiwan. Resident on Taiwan and in southern China but a summer visitor to remainder of breeding range. Occurs on passage throughout eastern and southern China and on the Ryukyu Islands. Winters south to Burma and Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines and south to the Greater Sundas and the western New Guinea islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and woodlands, open areas with scattered trees on passage and in winter.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes frogs and lizards.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links