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Sighting 4240216

Tachyspiza cirrocephala

4 Collared Sparrowhawk at Paddys River, ACT

Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Paddys River, ACT - 6 Nov 2019 10:47 AM
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Identification history

Tachyspiza cirrocephala 7 Nov 2019 natureguy
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 6 Nov 2019 Marthijn

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User's notes

Quite small, so probably a collared sparrowhawk.

1 comment

natureguy wrote:
   7 Nov 2019
The tail in the last picture looks more square than round and the middle toe is very long and also seems to be staring rather than frowning. So Sparrowhawk looks good.

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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
  • 274 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus
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