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[[Image:Besra.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Joe Pan<br>Photographed: Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.]] | [[Image:Besra.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Joe Pan<br>Photographed: Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.]] | ||
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29-36cm. Short broad wings and a long tail, dark blue-grey upperparts, white, barred reddish below, dark vertical throat stripe. The larger female is browner above than the male. The juvenile is dark brown above and white, barred with brown below, barred tail. | 29-36cm. Short broad wings and a long tail, dark blue-grey upperparts, white, barred reddish below, dark vertical throat stripe. The larger female is browner above than the male. The juvenile is dark brown above and white, barred with brown below, barred tail. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 28 October 2008
- Accipiter virgatus
Identification
29-36cm. Short broad wings and a long tail, dark blue-grey upperparts, white, barred reddish below, dark vertical throat stripe. The larger female is browner above than the male. The juvenile is dark brown above and white, barred with brown below, barred tail.
Distribution
South Asia from Pakistan and India to south China and Indonesia.
Taxonomy
There are 11 subspecies.
Habitat
Dense forests; in winter open woodland including savanna and cultivation.
Behaviour
It nests in trees, building a new nest each year; 2-5 eggs are laid.
The diet includes lizards, dragonflies, small birds and mammals.
