Sparrow hawk or goshawk

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Thu, 17/03/2011 - 09:50

godzillamf

Hi,
Can anyone tell me is this a Collared Sparrowhawk a Brown Goshawk or something else.
It was eating outside my window in suburban Adeliade

Thanks
Simon

Thu, 17/03/2011 - 09:53

godzillamf

Try again with the photo

Thu, 17/03/2011 - 09:54

godzillamf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12532188@N08/5531954230/#/

Thu, 17/03/2011 - 17:15

Tazrandus

chicken hawk 005 by godzillamf, on Flickr

Something about the eyes tells me its a collared sparrowhawk... where's Windhover when you need him.

Taz

Fri, 18/03/2011 - 06:46

Owen1

he looks only just more like a juvenile brown goshawk taz but it could really be etiher one. they are so hard to tell apart

Cheers, Owen.

Fri, 18/03/2011 - 07:25

Tazrandus

Hey Owen,
Yeah they are almost impossible to tell apart as juvenilles. I chose collared sparrowhawk due to the wider pupil (which could have been just less light really) and the lack of beetle-brow... well there's a little one there but I don't know whether it's enough to make it Brown Goshawk.
Well... 50/50

Taz

Fri, 18/03/2011 - 09:06

godzillamf

Thanks for the help in identifying the hawk. If it comes back I will get more photos.
Simon

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