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Collared Sparrowhawk

(Accipiter cirrhocephalus)

Sightings

The identification is uncertain, but its small size and slender legs indicate that it is probably a Collared Sparrowhawk (rather than a Brown Goshawk). Spotted 20 km south-west of Narrabri, New South Wales in February 2008.

Subsequently seen by us on a trip along the Darling River to western NSW and also at Aroona Dam south of Leigh Creek, South Australia, in March 2008.

Photos

Frontal view of a Collared Sparrowhawk(?) peeking through the branches of a tree

Lateral view of the same bird as above (click on image for full-size display)

Immature Collared Sparrowhawk from underneath