Japanese or Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Laem Son On, Songkhla, Thailand (1 Viewer)

[kittakorn]

Hello, I have a question about Accipiter, not sure if it's the Japanese or the Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

I found it in December last year. Songkhla lakeside area, Thailand

Thank you.

 

[MacNara]

Welcome to Bird Forum, Kittakorn!

It's not a Sparrowhawk at all in my opinion - the bill shape and size, the eye and the tail pattern all rule out Sparrowhawk for me - but, hey.

I have no experience of your region, but the tail pattern and the eye ring suggest to me one of the Hawk-Eagles, maybe Mountain Hawk Eagle.

However, the way the yellow eye-ring extends backwards seems very distinctive, so I'm sure that someone who is familiar with the region will be able to identify this quickly.

 

[tconzemi]

Hi Kittakorn
Welcome to BF
It's clearly an Accipiter but same as MacNara I don't get Eurasian Sparrowhawk vibes here, the jizz is simply wrong (tail length, bill). Unfortunately I have no experience at all with Japanese

 

[andyb39]

I agree it doesn't feel like Eurasian Sparrowhawk, which is presumably not very common here anyway. The distinct yellow eye-ring rules out Shikra. Japanese looks a good option to me.

 

[MacNara]

Yes, I think a Japanese Sparrowhawk juvenile would have an eye like that, and other things fit. Apologies for not thinking more when I first posted.