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[[Image:Shikra_Pair.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''A. b. dussumieri'', breeding pair : female with yellow iris / male red<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Delhi, [[India]], 19 June 2015]]
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'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''
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;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] badius
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==Identification==
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[[File:Shikra_Female_ALOKTWR.jpg|thumb|530px|right|Females<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Dwarahat, Almora, [[India]], 8 April 2017]]
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25–44·5 cm (9¾-17½ in) long<br />
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*Short broad wings and a long tail
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*Grey orbital ring
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====Similar species====
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[[Image:Shikra_immature.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Immature, subspecies ''A. b. dussumieri''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Gurgaon Rural, Haryana, [[India]], 27 September 2019]]
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[[Eurasian Sparrowhawk]] shows a yellow orbital ring.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}}<br />Hebbal, Bangalore, [[India]], 2 December 2005]]
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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].
  
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[[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal , Bangalore.]]
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In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]]. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.
  
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==Identification==
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In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and Hainan and south to southern [[Thailand]]. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in [[Malaya]] and [[Sumatra]].  
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==Distribution==
 
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Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.
 
  
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In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.  
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Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern [[Azerbaijan]] in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in [[Israel]] and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x [[Levant Sparrowhawk]] has also been recorded there.
  
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Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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AKA Little Banded Goshawk
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[[Image:089 Gavil n chikra - Mapungubwe.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''A. b. polyzonoides''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Riqui|Riqui}}<br />Mapungubwe National Park, [[South Africa]], 14 July 2009]]
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====Subspecies====
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[[File:Shikra_Flight_WTHDVUL.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|whiteheadedvyulture|whiteheadedvulture}}<br /> Konkori, Kumasi,[[Ghana]], 7 April 2024]]
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Six races recognised with two in Africa<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''A. b. cenchroides'':
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:*[[Azerbaijan]] to [[Kazakstan]], [[Iran]] and north-western [[India]]
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*''A. b. dussumieri'':
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:*Central India and [[Bangladesh]]
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*''A. b. badius'':
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:*South-western India and [[Sri Lanka]]
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*''A. b. poliopsis'':
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:*Northern India to southern [[China]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]
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*''A. b. sphenurus'':
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:*[[Senegambia]] to south-western [[Arabia]], northern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and northern [[Tanzania]]
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*''A. b. polyzonoides'':
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:*Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania to northern [[South Africa]]
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Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.  
 
Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of lizards, gheckos, skinks and small birds.
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====Flight====
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The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide".
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====Vocalisation====
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{{ Audio|shikra_call.mp3 }}
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Recording &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />
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Faridabad, Haryana, [[India]], Dec-2016<br />
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Call recorded on a busy urban road.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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Image:Shikra juvenile.jpg|Nominate ssp., Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Hunas Falls Hotel, [[Sri Lanka]], 3 August 2009
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Image:FSI 1507.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''A. b. poliopsis'', Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|tombac|tombac}}<br />Hua Hin, [[Thailand]], 20 August 2011
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</gallery>
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Shikra}}
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{{GSearch|"Accipiter badius" {{!}} "Shikra" {{!}} "Little Banded Goshawk"}}
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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{{VSearch|"Accipiter badius" {{!}} "Shikra" {{!}} "Little Banded Goshawk"}}
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Latest revision as of 14:22, 18 April 2024

Subspecies A. b. dussumieri, breeding pair : female with yellow iris / male red
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Delhi, India, 19 June 2015

Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk

Accipiter badius

Identification

Females
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dwarahat, Almora, India, 8 April 2017

25–44·5 cm (9¾-17½ in) long

  • Short broad wings and a long tail
  • Grey orbital ring

Similar species

Immature, subspecies A. b. dussumieri
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Gurgaon Rural, Haryana, India, 27 September 2019

Eurasian Sparrowhawk shows a yellow orbital ring.

Distribution

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by Rakesh
Hebbal, Bangalore, India, 2 December 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.

In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.

In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakhstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards to southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.

Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.

Taxonomy

Subspecies A. b. polyzonoides
Photo © by Riqui
Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa, 14 July 2009

Subspecies

Photo © by whiteheadedvulture
Konkori, Kumasi,Ghana, 7 April 2024

Six races recognised with two in Africa[1]:

  • A. b. cenchroides:
  • A. b. dussumieri:
  • A. b. badius:
  • A. b. poliopsis:
  • A. b. sphenurus:
  • A. b. polyzonoides:
  • Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania to northern South Africa


Habitat

Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of lizards, gheckos, skinks and small birds.

Flight

The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide".

Vocalisation

Recording © by Alok Tewari
Faridabad, Haryana, India, Dec-2016
Call recorded on a busy urban road.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

  • Nominate ssp., Juvenile
    Photo © by Steve G
    Hunas Falls Hotel, Sri Lanka, 3 August 2009

  • Subspecies A. b. poliopsis, Juvenile
    Photo © by tombac
    Hua Hin, Thailand, 20 August 2011

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)

Recommended Citation

External Links


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