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Alternative name: Ovampo Sparrowhawk

Accipiter ovampensis

Photo by GarethH.
Photo taken: Centurion, South Africa.
Female on left, male on right.

[edit] Identification

Length 31-40 cm, mass 119-305 g.

Adult: Grey above and white with brownish grey barring below. Eye red, bill black, and cere, legs and feet orange-yellow.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Woodlands, savanna and exotic plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds mainly on birds (up to the size of Red-eyed Dove). Prey is taken from a perch or from a soaring position.

[edit] References

Lepage D. 2008. Avibase. Search for "Ovambo Sparrowhawk" downloaded 30 May 2008.

Gibbon, G. 2002. Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa: Version 3. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. www.sabirding.co.za

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