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Genus: Tachyspiza (27 species)

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


Shikra (Tachyspiza badia) Range: AF, OR: widespread, also s PAL Powalgarh, Uttarakhand, India
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Shikra (Tachyspiza badia) Immature Range: AF, OR: widespread, also s PAL Pakistan
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New Britain Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brachyura) Range: AU: New Britain and New Ireland (e Bismarck Arch.)

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

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Nicobar Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza butleri) Range: OR: Nicobar Is.


Collared Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza cirrocephala) Range: AU: New Guinea and Australia Strangways, Victoria, Australia
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Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza erythrauchen) Range: AU: n, c Moluccas

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


Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) Range: AU: widespread Australia
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Frances's Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza francesiae francesiae) Range: AF: Comoros (except Mohéli) and Madagascar Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga, Madagascar
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Japanese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza gularis) Range: PAL: c, e

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White-bellied Goshawk (Tachyspiza haplochroa) Range: AU: Grande Terre (New Caledonia)

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Moluccan Goshawk (Tachyspiza henicogramma) Range: AU: Morotai, Halmahera and Bacan (n Moluccas)


Variable Goshawk (Tachyspiza 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 (Tachyspiza 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 (Tachyspiza imitator) Range: AU: Bougainville, Choiseul and Isabel (n, ec Solomon Is.)

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Slaty-mantled Goshawk (Tachyspiza luteoschistacea) Range: AU: Umboi (w of New Britain) and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)

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


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


Grey Goshawk (Tachyspiza 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 (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae) Range: AU: ne WA to e QLD, sw VIC and Tasmania (n, e Australia) Tasmania, Australia White morph.
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Grey-headed Goshawk (Tachyspiza poliocephala) 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
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New Britain Goshawk (Tachyspiza princeps) 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 (Tachyspiza rhodogaster) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)


Fiji Goshawk (Tachyspiza rufitorques) Range: PO: Fiji (except small islands; sw Polynesia)
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Chinese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza soloensis) Range: PAL: e Siberia, Korean Pen. and China Singapore
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Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza trinotata) Immature Range: AU: Sulawesi, Talisei (n of ne Sulawesi), Muna and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi) Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Besra (Tachyspiza virgata) Range: OR: widespread India
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A small sparrowhawk with a smallish bill and head (HBW).

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