Saturday, 20 August 2011

Eurasian Sparrow Hawk


Name: Eurasian Sparrow Hawk
Size: 40 cm
Appearance: A Small raptor with plain throat and Shikra like banded chest with brown stripes. Wings of grey colour. Colour of eye ball yellow (major differentiation between Shikra and ESH, shikra has red eye balls.)
Habitat: Found in well wooded country sides. Seldom seen in urban areas. Mostly mistaken as Shikra. Nests in medium sized trees like Neem and Mango. A rare sighting. Shyer the  Shikra.  
Call : A repeated call of Kew.. kew.. kew...

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