Collared Sparrowhawk at Jacka, ACT
Identification history
| Tachyspiza cirrocephala | 26 Jun 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Tachyspiza cirrocephala | 25 Jun 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 24 Jun 2020 | Allilt |
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User's notes
Not great pictures, no idea what type of bird but have seen before about 12 months ago in same location
2 comments
Allilt
wrote:
25 Jun 2020
I’ve been looking at other photos for reference today and I believe that a it is collared sparrowhawk. Hopefully I will see once again sometime soon
natureguy
wrote:
26 Jun 2020
Yes I also agree with Sparrowhawk. The square tail in photo 1 helps to differentiate from the similar Brown Goshawk (which has a rounded tail).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.129775-35.161175
- Altitude 635.8m
- Places Jacka, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Jun 2020 03:30 PM Recorded on
- Allilt Recorded by
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Collections
Allilt Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachyspiza cirrocephala Birds of prey Birds
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
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Synonyms
Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus