Birds of the World

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Pied Goshawk (Accipiter albogularis) Range: AU: Solomon Is.


American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) Immature Range: NA, MA: North America to nw Mexico Upper Humboldt Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, United States
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A large northern hawk which migrates south to as far as Mexico. Once called Northern Goshawk, which included the new Eurasian Goshawk. The adult is horizontally barred, which the immature has vertical streaking. Note red eye and white brow.


Shikra (Accipiter badius) Range: AF, OR: widespread, also s PAL Powalgarh, Uttarakhand, India
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Shikra (Accipiter badius) Immature Range: AF, OR: widespread, also s PAL Pakistan
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Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to n Argentina Costa Rica
Photograph by Chris Jimenez Nature Photo © All Rights Reserved by Chris Jimenez Nature Photo.


Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor pileatus) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to n Argentina Brasilia, Brazil White morph. Note white collar.
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.

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New Britain Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brachyurus) Vulnerable Range: AU: New Britain and New Ireland (e Bismarck Arch.)

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Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Range: PAL: se Europe to w Kazakhstan

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Nicobar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter butleri) Vulnerable Range: OR: Nicobar Is.

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Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius) Range: AF: wc

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Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis) Range: SA: c Chile and wc Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

Split from the Bicolored Hawk. Note rufous thighs as on all Bicolored Hawks, but also note horizontal barring in front distinctive to 'chilensis'.


White-breasted Hawk (Accipiter chionogaster) Range: MA: s Mexico to Nicaragua Honduras
Photograph by John van Dort © All Rights Reserved.

A non-migratory version of the Sharp-shinned Hawk, and often considered the same species.


Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus cirrocephalus) Range: AU: New Guinea and Australia Strangways, Victoria, Australia
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Range: NA, MA: s Canada to Honduras Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Immature Range: NA, MA: s Canada to Honduras San Timoteo Creek, California,
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.

A small to medium-sized hawk often seen inside cities. Adults are horizontally barred rufous in front, while immatures are whiter with brown horizontal marks.
Bathing.

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Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythrauchen) Near Threatened Range: AU: n, c Moluccas


Rufous-thighed Hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) Range: SA: se Bolivia and s Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil
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Rufous-thighed Hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) Range: SA: se Bolivia and s Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina Rio de Janeiro, Brazil This unbarred bird also does not show rufous thighs.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

A non-migratory version (one of three) of the Sharp-shinned Hawk, and often considered the same species.

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Red-thighed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) Range: AF: w, wc


Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) Range: AU: widespread Australia
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Frances's Sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae francesiae) Range: AF: Comoros (except Mohéli) and Madagascar Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga, Madagascar
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Eurasian Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis buteoides) Range: PAL: widespread Hungary
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Sulawesi Goshawk (Accipiter griseiceps) Range: AU: Sulawesi

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Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) Range: PAL: c, e


Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) Endangered Range: NA: Cuba Cuba
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.

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White-bellied Goshawk (Accipiter haplochrous) Near Threatened Range: AU: Grande Terre (New Caledonia)

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Moluccan Goshawk (Accipiter henicogrammus) Near Threatened Range: AU: Morotai, Halmahera and Bacan (n Moluccas)


Henst's Goshawk (Accipiter henstii) Vulnerable Range: AF: Madagascar (except c, far s) Ranomafana, Madagascar
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster dampieri) Range: AU: Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. Garu Wildlife Management Area, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster dampieri) Immature Range: AU: Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. Garu Wildlife Management Area, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Wings/back pale grey to dark grey. Front pale to dark rufous.

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Imitator Goshawk (Accipiter imitator) Near Threatened Range: AU: Bougainville, Choiseul and Isabel (n, ec Solomon Is.)

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Slaty-mantled Goshawk (Accipiter luteoschistaceus) Vulnerable Range: AU: Umboi (w of New Britain) and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)


Madagascar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis) Near Threatened Range: AF: Madagascar (except c) Itafy, Madagascar
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Black-mantled Goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys) Range: AU: montane New Guinea


Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) Range: AF: widespread Rondevlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) Range: AF: widespread Western Cape, South Africa Melanistic morph.
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) Range: AF: widespread South Africa Normal coloration.
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

Immature.

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Meyer's Goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus) Range: AU: Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi), Halmahera, Obi, Boano (nw of Seram), Seram, Seram Laut (se of Seram), Bird's Head (nw New Guinea), Yapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea), wc to ne, se New Guinea, Karkar and Bagabag (n of ne New Guinea), Umboi (w of New Britain


Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) Range: AF: s, sc, e Kenya
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Dwarf Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nanus) Range: AU: montane Sulawesi (except sw, se)


Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus nisus) Range: PAL: widespread Bulgaria
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.


Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) Range: AU: ne WA to e QLD, sw VIC and Tasmania (n, e Australia) Springbrook National Park, Queensland, Australia
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Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) Range: AU: ne WA to e QLD, sw VIC and Tasmania (n, e Australia) Tasmania, Australia White morph.
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Ovambo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia s to n South Africa Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Grey-headed Goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus) Range: AU: Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), Yapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea), New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade Arch. (e of se New Guinea) Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) Near Threatened Range: SA: most of Amazonia to n Argentina Iporanga, SP, Brazil
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A medium sized hawk. Immature mimics Ornate Hawk-Eagle in coloration and horizontal barring and colored chest, but without the crest, and with bare legs.

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New Britain Goshawk (Accipiter princeps) Vulnerable Range: AU: Normanby (D'Entrecasteaux Arch.), Tagula (c Louisiade Arch., e of se New Guinea) and montane New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)

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Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk (Accipiter rhodogaster) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)


Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques) Range: PO: Fiji (except small islands; sw Polynesia)
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Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk (Accipiter rufiventris rufiventris) Range: AF: e, se, s
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Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) Range: PAL: e Siberia, Korean Pen. and China Singapore
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.


Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Range: NA, MA: widespread Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Range: NA, MA: widespread
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus madrensis) Male Range: NA, MA: widespread Sierra de Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico A non-migratory Mexican race which seems like it would be better grouped with the White-breasted Hawk.
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A relatively small and thin North American hawk which migrates south as far as Panama.


African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus) Range: AF: e, sc, s Bigodi Wetland, Uganda
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Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) Range: AF: w, wc

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Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter trinotatus) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Talisei (n of ne Sulawesi), Muna and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi)


Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus indicus) Immature Range: OR: widespread Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Singapore
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Plain-breasted Hawk (Accipiter ventralis) Range: SA: Venezuela to w Bolivia San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia Pale morph. This hawk may also have a rufous breast but it is not streaked or barred.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A non-migratory version of the small Sharp-shinned Hawk, and often considered the same species. The rufous thigh seems to be a good identifying feature of this species.
Additional photo.
The immature Plain-breasted Hawk is streaked. Note {rufous} thighs.


Besra (Accipiter virgatus) Range: OR: widespread India
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A small sparrowhawk with a smallish bill and head (HBW).