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[[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}}<br />Hebbal, [[Bangalore]], December 2005]]
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'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] badius
 
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] badius
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AKA Little Banded Goshawk
 
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[[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal, Bangalore.]]
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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25–44·5 cm long<br />
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Short broad wings and a long tail
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].
 
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].
  
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In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]].  
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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.
  
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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]].  
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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.
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[[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==
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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.
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====Subspecies====
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Six races recognised with two in Africa<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''A. b. cenchroides'':
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:*[[Azerbaijan]] to [[Kazakstan]], [[Iran]] and north-western [[India]]
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*''A. b. dussumieri'':
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:*Central India and [[Bangladesh]]
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*''A. b. badius'':
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:*South-western India and [[Sri Lanka]]
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*''A. b. poliopsis'':
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:*Northern India to southern [[China]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]
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*''A. b. sphenurus'':
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:*[[Senegambia]] to south-western [[Arabia]], northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and northern [[Tanzania]]
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*''A. b. polyzonoides'':
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:*Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania to northern [[South Africa]]
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[[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==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of lizards, gheckos, skinks and small birds.
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====Flight====
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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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</gallery>
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Shikra}}
 
{{GSearch|Shikra}}
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Incomplete]]
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{{Video|Shikra}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]

Revision as of 19:12, 30 May 2015

Photo by Rakesh
Hebbal, Bangalore, December 2005

Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk

Accipiter badius

Identification

25–44·5 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.

Subspecies polyzonoides
Photo by Riqui
Mapungubwe NP South Africa, July 2009

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Six races recognised with two in Africa[1]:

  • A. b. cenchroides:
  • A. b. dussumieri:
  • A. b. badius:
  • A. b. poliopsis:
  • A. b. sphenurus:
  • A. b. polyzonoides:
  • Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania to northern South Africa
Juvenile
Photo by tombac
Hua Hin, Thailand, August 2011

Habitat

Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of lizards, gheckos, skinks and small birds.

Flight

The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide".

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)

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