Tachyspiza cirrocephala
1 Collared Sparrowhawk at Conder, ACT
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| Tachyspiza cirrocephala | Liam.m | 7 Jan 2026 | |
| Tachyspiza cirrocephala | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Nov 2025 |
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From my kitchen I heard a loud bang. I looked out the window. This hawk had hit a Crested Pigeon with full force and then crashed into my tin shed. It kept the pigeon pinned down for a while. Then it tried to fly away with its prey. The pigeon was too heavy, so it dragged the poor bird in behind a bush an began plucking it. Later when I went out to see what had happened all that was left was a few feathers. Conder, ACT.
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13 Nov 2025
I believe this is a collared sparrow hawk, because of its small size (just slightly bigger than the pigeon) and the squarish tail tip.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101473-35.464669
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jul 2025 05:08 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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- MichaelBedingfield NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tachyspiza cirrocephala Featured 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
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