Tachyspiza cirrocephala

2 Collared Sparrowhawk at Tennent, ACT

Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Tennent, ACT - 19 Mar 2019
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Tennent, ACT - 19 Mar 2019
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Tennent, ACT - 19 Mar 2019
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Tennent, ACT - 19 Mar 2019
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Tennent, ACT - 19 Mar 2019
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Identification history

Tachyspiza cirrocephala 8 May 2019 natureguy
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 19 Mar 2019 KumikoCallaway

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Perched quietly in a gum tree near a mixed feeding flock of Buff-rumped Thornbills, Superb Fairy-wrens, Yellow-rumped Thornbills, Brown Thornbills, Silvereyes, Fuscous Honeyeaters and Yellow-faced Honeyeaters.

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natureguy wrote:
   9 May 2019
Confirmed on the basis of square tail and staring expression.

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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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