Not being there to get any impression of size (which can help, depending on sex) but just on that one photo, I would go far more for Collared Sparrowhawk on
probability of at least 70 to 80%. The tail is possibly not full grown but it is certainly more notched than rounded, it is fairly slim build, smallish beak, I don’t see much sign of heavy eye brow and the toes are not clear enough. And although certainly
not definitive but perched in Casuarina (or is it pine), rather than a Eucalypt is far more fitting for a Collared Sparrowhawk, especially if it is a young recently fledged bird.
Philip
From: Julie Clark [
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2016 9:04 PM
To: COG Chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Pied Butcherbird
Highlights of a short walk at Uriarra East/Stony Creek Reserve with Alison today were a Pied Butcherbird, a Dollarbird and a juvenile Brown Goshawk (we think).
Confirmation or otherwise of the goshawk would be appreciated.
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