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Raptor id

To: "Peter Shute" <>, <>
Subject: Raptor id
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:25:47 +1100
Hi Peter,

It looks like a young Collared Sparrowhawk which is moulting from juvenile to adult plumage. Unlike the Brown Goshawk the Sparrowhawk doesn't have an immature plumage stage. The tail looks square in the first couple of photos (a Sparrowhawk character - but one needs to be aware that a Brown Goshawk with moulted centre tail feathers can have a squared tail). The other good character for Sparrowhawk is the long, slender, middle toe which is not that clear in the photos.


Greg Clancy



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