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  1. lou salomon

    ID please goshawk or sparrowhawk? october 30th north-east Italy

    Yes Tom. And if you compare fig. 8 with the adult female Sparrowhawk (fig. 4 bird d) - look at how irregular and partially disrupted the bars are in all 2nd plumage Goshawk individuals compared to the very neat and regular rows of bars in the female Sprawk...also the dense barring on underwing...
  2. lou salomon

    ID please goshawk or sparrowhawk? october 30th north-east Italy

    To me barring of remiges looks too bold even for a young adult goshawk. I think it's an adult female Sparrowhawk. Also, in a 2cy goshawk I'd expect a visibly stronger barring to breast and a slightly more orangey iris.
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