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Sighting 3401411

Tachyspiza cirrocephala

Collared Sparrowhawk at Canberra Central, ACT

Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Canberra Central, ACT - 20 Jun 2018
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Identification history

Tachyspiza cirrocephala 30 Jun 2018 ChrisDavey
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 24 Jun 2018 ChrisDavey
Unidentified 20 Jun 2018 petersan

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User's notes

Brown Goshawk or Collared Sparrowhawk - I can't tell !

4 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:
   21 Jun 2018
Would you be able to crop the images a bit closer to the bird
petersan wrote:
   21 Jun 2018
Yes. I have edited the record to include two close up views - hope the resolution is OK.
ChrisDavey wrote:
   25 Jun 2018
I have gone with the square tail in the second image. Chris
ArcherCallaway wrote:
   25 Jun 2018
Bit of a hard one but I'm inclined to agree

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Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • Tachyspiza cirrocephala Scientific name
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 814.48m Recorded at altitude
  • 240 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus
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