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Japanese Sparrowhawk? Singapore, Oct 2017 (1 Viewer)
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Bryon Wright
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Hi TT,
It is a Japanese Sparrowhawk but I do not think you can id. a female Japanese Sparrowhawk by the notch in its tail. These maybe be poor quality photos to you but to my mind they do illustrate the differences in silhouette between Eurasian and Japanese Sparrowhawk. Four prominent fingers are showing in your photo with #6 being almost level with the slight secondary bulge.
It is a Japanese Sparrowhawk but I do not think you can id. a female Japanese Sparrowhawk by the notch in its tail. These maybe be poor quality photos to you but to my mind they do illustrate the differences in silhouette between Eurasian and Japanese Sparrowhawk. Four prominent fingers are showing in your photo with #6 being almost level with the slight secondary bulge.
TwiddlingThumbs
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Thanks for the ID, Bryon!
You meant #5 (not #6) being almost level with the slight secondary bulge, am I correct?
You meant #5 (not #6) being almost level with the slight secondary bulge, am I correct?
Bryon Wright
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Hi TT,
sorry to confuse but did mean #6 primary. This is a feature for critical identification #6 is still a primary feather and some of the other species of hawks have this#6 feathers far more projecting. The effect in the field is to make our Eurasian Sparrowhawk look long-winged when directly compared in the field to some of the Asian hawks. Hope this is more intelligible.
sorry to confuse but did mean #6 primary. This is a feature for critical identification #6 is still a primary feather and some of the other species of hawks have this#6 feathers far more projecting. The effect in the field is to make our Eurasian Sparrowhawk look long-winged when directly compared in the field to some of the Asian hawks. Hope this is more intelligible.
Grahame Walbridge
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Its a juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk on account of 5 'fingers' and obvious cleft in in tail. Eurasian has 6 fingers and lacks the mesial streak, different proportions etc.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk is very scarce in the Peninsula e.g <10 recorded annually (autumn) at Khao Dinsor in Thailand and it is a rare vagrant in Singapore.
Grahame
Eurasian Sparrowhawk is very scarce in the Peninsula e.g <10 recorded annually (autumn) at Khao Dinsor in Thailand and it is a rare vagrant in Singapore.
Grahame
TwiddlingThumbs
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Thanks for the clarification, Bryon and Graham.
JANJ
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A few more here:
http://www.theflywayfoundation.or.t...identification at Chumphon, Thailand 2014.pdf
JanJ
http://www.theflywayfoundation.or.t...identification at Chumphon, Thailand 2014.pdf
JanJ
TwiddlingThumbs
Well-known member
Thanks, JanJ for the link to that useful article.
