Description:

Rather small, dashing accipiter, with very finely dark- streaked throat without mesial streak and very thin legs. Male has dark slate-grey upperparts and reddish-orange barring on underparts. Female is dark brown on upperparts, with dark brown barring on underparts. Juvenile has dark brown upperparts and barred underparts.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor and resident in all the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Wide range of open woodland, scrub forest, wooded cultivations, oak and high-altitude coniferous forest, sometimes above the tree line up to 4500m.

Behavior:

Tends to hunt in clearings, on edges of woods or in sparsely wooded areas. Hunts stealthily, trying to surprise prey; often flies using vegetation for cover, or makes short flights between concealed perches. Almost exclusively hunts on small and medium-sized birds, very rarely feeds on small vertebrates. Captures many fledglings and nestlings.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Sparrowhawk in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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