Rachelle wrote...
>When someone talks about a "Chicken-hawke"
which bird
>exactly are they refering to
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g'day All,
Another one to add to Paul Taylor's list is the "Collared
Sparrowhawk"
The female is hard (impossible ?) to identify from
the male Brown Goshawk which is of a similiar size.
The Reader's Digest "Complete Book of Australian Birds" lists
Chicken-hawk under "Other Names" for both species.
J.D.McDonald's 1987 "Illustrated Dictionary of Aust
Birds" says....
"Popular name given to any known raider of chicken-runs,
like the brown goshawk, collared sparrowhawk and the brown
falcon."
Regards,
Bob
Forsyth,
Mount Isa, NW Qld.
