Tachyspiza cirrocephala

Collared Sparrowhawk at Strathnairn, ACT

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Identification history

	Tachyspiza cirrocephala	2 Feb 2020	ArcherCallaway
	Tachyspiza cirrocephala	1 Feb 2020	Christine

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At least two, possibly three young birds in the trees begging, but at least one of them was a good flying. I was thrilled to see an adult approach carrying a prey item. The youngster flew out to meet it, and the adult dropped the food and it was plucked out of the air by the youngster. Excellent to see, but unfortunately not able to get a photo of that. These youngsters were already good flyers, and not happy to sit around for photos :(

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ArcherCallaway wrote:

3 Feb 2020

Confirmed based on square tail and known breeding site

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Sighting information

3 Abundance
30 Jan 2020 01:05 PM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Birds Birds of prey Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True Nesting site

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania