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| + | '''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}}<br />Hebbal, [[Bangalore]], December 2005]] | ||
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] badius | ;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] badius | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 26–30 cm long<br /> | ||
| + | Short broad wings and a long tail | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. | ||
| − | In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]]. | + | In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]]. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident. |
| − | In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]]. | + | In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]]. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra. |
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| + | Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in [[Israel]] and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there. | ||
| + | [[Image:089 Gavil n chikra - Mapungubwe.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''polyzonoides''<br />Photo by {{user|Riqui|Riqui}}<br />Mapungubwe NP South Africa, July 2009]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Six races recognised with two in Africa: ''sphenurus'' from Gambia to northern Tanzania and ''polyzonoides'' from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia ''cenchroides'' occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, ''dussumieri'' in northern India and the Himalayas, ''badius'' in southern India and Sri Lanka and ''poliopsis'' from north-east India to China and South-East Asia. | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| + | Six races recognised with two in Africa<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | ''sphenurus'' from Gambia to northern Tanzania and ''polyzonoides'' from southern Tanzania to the Cape. | ||
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| + | In Asia ''cenchroides'' occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, ''dussumieri'' in northern India and the Himalayas, ''badius'' in southern India and Sri Lanka and ''poliopsis'' from north-east India to China and South-East Asia. | ||
| + | [[Image:FSI 1507.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|tombac|tombac}}<br />Hua Hin, [[Thailand]], August 2011]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation. | Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Flight==== | ||
| + | The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide". | ||
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| + | Image:Shikra juvenile.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Hunas Falls Hotel, [[Sri Lanka]], August 2009 | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#BF Member observations | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Shikra}} | {{GSearch|Shikra}} | ||
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| + | {{Video|Shikra}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | ||
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Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk
- Accipiter badius
Identification
26–30 cm long
Short broad wings and a long tail
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.
In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.
In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakhstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards to southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.
Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Six races recognised with two in Africa[1]: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape.
In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
Habitat
Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.
Behaviour
Flight
The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide".
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Shikra. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Shikra
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