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Accipiter gularis

Photo by wengchun.
Photo taken: Putrajaya Wetland, Malaysia.

[edit] Identification

23-30cm in length, with the female larger than the male. Dark barred underwings, lightly barred underparts, dark grey upperparts and red eyes. Female has yellow eyes and dark barred underparts. juvenile has brown upperparts and streaks on breast.

[edit] Distribution

China, Japan, Korea and Siberia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open forest, forest edge and cultivated land with scattered trees.

[edit] Behaviour

It feeds on birds taken on flight.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages