Northern Goshawk
BIRDING ARAGÓNNorthern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
ES: Azor común
Description
L: 49-56cm; W: 89-122cm;
Forest raptor with short, rounded wings and a long tail; yellow or orange eyes; tail with 4-5 brown bands; brown-gray upperparts; pale underparts finely streaked with brown; head with white eyebrow and dark ear spot, feathered tarsi legs. In adult birds, male with bluish gray back and very marked head pattern; female with browner back and less marked head pattern. Female significantly larger than male. Juveniles brown, with brown-speckled underparts.
- Observation difficulty: Medium
- Status: Resident.
- Optimal Season:Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Forest
Best places to see in Aragón
ROUTES
- Route 1 The Western Valleys Natural Park
- Route 2 Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
- Route 3 Posets Maladeta Natural Park
- Route 4 Sierra Caballera
- Route 5 Sierra and Canyons of Guara Natural Park
- Route 6 Huesca and surroundings
- Route 7 Monegros and Bajo Cinca counties
- Route 9 Zaragoza and surroundings
- Route 12 Sierra del Moncayo
- Route 17 Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
La Jacetania; Sobrarbe; Ribagorza; Hoya de Huesca; Somontano; Monegros y Bajo Cinca; Comarca Central; Tarazona y el Moncayo; Gúdar-Javalambre; Sierra de Albarracín; Comunidad de Calatayud; Cuencas Mineras
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
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