Species: Accipiter nisus
English Name: Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Chinese Name: 雀鷹
Family: Accipitridae
Description:
This small raptor has 28-40 cm in length and 56-78 cm in wingspan. Males have bluish-grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brownish. This specie can be distinguished from others Accipiter spp. by their whitish superccilium and absence of a mesial stripe on the throat. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant.
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References:
– Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Institute for Endangered Animals. (2010). Birds of Macao. Macao, SAR: Author.