Tachyspiza cirrocephala

2 Collared Sparrowhawk at Braidwood, NSW

Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Braidwood, NSW - 9 Oct 2023
Tachyspiza cirrocephala at Braidwood, NSW - 9 Oct 2023
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Identification history

Tachyspiza cirrocephala 10 Oct 2023 natureguy
Tachyspiza fasciata 10 Oct 2023 CarbonAI
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 10 Oct 2023 MatthewFrawley

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Walked into yard to be confronted with a raucous noise which turned out to be the dying sounds of what looked like a Common Starling, which was in the clutches of this hawk and which the hawk proceeded to devour!

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   10 Oct 2023
Guessed Collared Sparrowhawk from the size, it was quite slender and smallish.

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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
  • 244 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus

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