Australian Collared Sparrowhawk: Adult Head

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Birds of Prey (Falconiformes)

Family:

Eagle & Hawk (Accipitridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

This Photo:

🔍Adult Head🔎

Synonym:

Tachyspiza cirrocephala ssp cirrocephala

Thank you Sam Gordon, Antoni Camozzato & Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Has a distinctive yellow eye, and very lightly-striped body (barely visible).

Similar Species: Southern Brown Goshawk (Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus ssp fasciatus)

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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