Tachyspiza fasciata

1 Brown Goshawk at Budawang, NSW

Tachyspiza fasciata at Budawang, NSW - 15 Nov 2020 01:10 PM
Tachyspiza fasciata at Budawang, NSW - 15 Nov 2020 01:10 PM
Tachyspiza fasciata at Budawang, NSW - 15 Nov 2020 01:10 PM
Tachyspiza fasciata at Budawang, NSW - 15 Nov 2020 01:10 PM
Tachyspiza fasciata at Budawang, NSW - 15 Nov 2020 01:10 PM
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Identification history

Tachyspiza fasciata 22 Nov 2020 natureguy
Tachyspiza fasciata 16 Nov 2020 Illilanga
Unidentified 15 Nov 2020 LisaH

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We watched this bird fly into a copse of trees where there were many birds, then heard a lot of angry noise, and watched it then fly out, very fast, being attacked by noisy minors. A gruesome shopping trip (in my sappy view). We saw the trip had been successful when examining the photos.

2 comments

Illilanga wrote:
   16 Nov 2020
Looks like a Brown Goshawk or Sparrowhawk. I suggest Brown Goshawk as photo 2 shows the more rounded tail and photo 3 has more of the shape/colour I would expect from a Brown Goshawk. Amazing what these birds will attack. I was lucky enough to have one hunt less that 10m away from me - prey of choice - Choughs!
LisaH wrote:
   16 Nov 2020
Thank you. Wow - choughs! At the same time, I feel a bit sad, because choughs warm my heart. Somehow, I have to throw away my human sensitivity when it comes to hunter and hunted. On another note -we were amazed by how fast, and how far, this bird flew.

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Species information

  • Tachyspiza fasciata Scientific name
  • Brown Goshawk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1079.69m Recorded at altitude
  • 402 images trained Machine learning
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