- Accipiter gentilis
Identification
This robust bird has a long narrow tail, short rounded wings and a bold white eyebrow. The adult is blue-grey above with a black crown with pale underparts finely barred with grey. Young birds are brown above and streaked below. Usually silent, the Goshawk sometimes lets out a loud "kak-kak-kak-kak-kak" when disturbed.
Distribution
In America, breeds from Alaska east through Mackenzie and northern Quebec to Newfoundland, and south to New Mexico, Great Lakes, and New England; also southward to northern Appalachians. Winters south to Virginia and Southwest. A widespread species in the Western Palearctic breeding from Iberia east to the Black Sea and Caucasus and north to northern Scandinavia and Arctic Russia.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia-> Phylum: Chordata-> Class: Aves -> Order: Falconiformes-> Family: Accipitridae-> Genus: Accipiter-> Species:A. Gentilis
Habitat
Deciduous or coniferous woodland interspersed with open areas. Often over more open country in winter.
Behaviour
Bird Song
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