The Eurasian sparrowhawk, also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperp
Ястреб перепелятник, Измайловский парк
Accipiter nisus Meneer Zjeroen
Claws of Eurasian sparrowhawk
The resemblance of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) to the Eurasian sparrowhawk helps it avoid aggression from the small birds whose nest it seeks to parasitise.
The Eurasian goshawk is a species of medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, a family which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It was form
Eurasian sparrowhawk
…different); the male is only slightly larger than the merlin. Because of the overlap in sizes, the female can be confused with the similarly sized male Eurasian Goshawk, but lacks the bulk of that species. Eurasian sparrowhawks are smaller, more slender and have shorter wings, a square-ended tail and fly with faster…
A captive specimen of whitish large goshawk of Siberian origin, possibly part of A. g. albidus.
Juvenile in flight, the most likely age and condition to mistake a goshawk for another species
Adult goshawks maintain territories with display flights.