Eurasian Sparrowhawk
BIRDING ARAGÓNEurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
ES: Gavilán común
Description
L: 28-37cm; W: 60-77cm;
Raptor with short, rounded wings and a long tail; yellow or orange eyes; tail with 4-5 narrow dark bands and a broad subterminal band; upperparts ash-grey in adults, brownish in juveniles; wavy reddish-brown underparts in male, dark brown in female and juveniles. Adult male without prominent whitish eyebrow; slate uppers; orange-buff barred underparts; iris yellow-orange, sometimes red. Adult female with prominent whitish eyebrow; upperparts vary from gray to brown; underparts barred blue-grey; yellow eye
- Observation difficulty: Medium
- Status: Resident.
- Optimal Season:Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Forest
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PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza
REGIONS
La Jacetania; Sobrarbe; Ribagorza; Tarazona y el Moncayo
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
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