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Accipiter striatus

(little blue darter)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

bird hawk, bullet hawk, Chicken Hawk, little blue darter, pigeon hawk, Sharp Shinned Hawk, sharp-shin, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Slate-colored Hawk, sparrow hawk

Common Names in French:

epervier brun

Common Names in German:

Eckschwanzsperber

Common Names in Japanese:

アシボソハイタカ

Common Names in Spanish:

Gavil, Gavilán pecho rufo

Description

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Physical Description

Adult : Neck: Throat : red-brown with fine streaks Body: Belly: red-brown bars Breast: red-brown bars Upperparts: blue-gray Legs : Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Tail: narrow white tip Shape : square or slightly forked.Adult Female: Face : Cere: yellow-green Eye Color: yellow or red Neck: Throat: white, finely streaked with black Body: Belly: red-brown bars Breast: red-brown bars Underparts: finely barred with pale reddish-brown and white Upperparts: dark gray washed with brownish Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Tail: gray, banded with black. Narrow white tip.Adult Male: Face: Cere: yellow-green Eye Color: yellow or red Neck: Throat: white, finely streaked with black Body: Belly: red-brown bars Breast: red-brown bars Underparts: finely barred with pale reddish-brown and white Upperparts: dark blue-gray Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Tail: gray, banded with black. Narrow white tip.Immature: Face: Cere: yellow-green Eye Color: yellow or red Neck: Throat: white, finely streaked with black Body: Belly: red-brown bars Breast: red-brown bars Flanks: whitish, streaked with brown to dull rufous , sometimes coarsely barred Sides: whitish, streaked with brown to dull rufous, sometimes coarsely barred Underparts: whitish, streaked with brown to dull rufous Upperparts: brown, streaked or flecked with buffy Legs: Leg Color: bright yellow Leg Length: long Tail: gray, banded with black. Narrow white tip.

Color:

Adult : Red eye · Black cap · Blue-gray back and upperwings · White breast, belly and underwing coverts marked by fine, thin, reddish bars · White undertail coverts · Tail, blue gray above and pale below, barred with black bands · Flight feathers, blue-gray above and pale below, with dark bars

Immature : Yellow eye · Brown head with indistinct pale supercilium · Brown cap, nape, back, and upperwings · Tail, brown above and pale below, barred with black bands · White underparts streaked extensively with dark brown, almost to the undertail

Size/Age/Growth

About 10 to 14 inches long, with a wingspan of 20 to 28 inches. Adults weigh about 3.6 ounces .

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests, gallery forests • Minimum Elevation: 1,000 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,100 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper subtropical: higher slopes, 500-1,600 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,925 meters (0 to 12,877 feet).[1]

Ecology: The species inhabits a wide variety of habitats , depending on the region, including boreal coniferous forests , temperate deciduous woodland, tropical and subtropical cloud forest , gallery forest and semi-open savanna woodland, from sea level to 2,700 m. Outside the breeding season , North American birds can be found in almost any terrain, including urban areas with trees .[2].

List of Habitats:

Biology

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Diet

Primarily birds, lesser quantities of small mammals.

Reproduction

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1807

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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Cooper's Hawk

Members of the genus Accipiter

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 86 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. albogularis albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. badius badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. bicolor bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. brachyurus (New Britain Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. brevipes (Levant Sparrow Hawk) · A. buergersi (Chestnut-Shouldered Goshawk) · A. butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. butleri butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. castanilius (Chestnut-Bellied Sparrow Hawk) · A. chionogaster (White-Breasted Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. collaris (Semi-Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cooperi (Big Blue Darter) · A. cooperii (Big Blue Darter) · A. erythrauchen (Grey Moluccan Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. erythronemius (Rufous Thighed Hawk) · A. erythropus (Western Little Sparrowhawk) · A. erythropus erythropus (Red-Thighed Sparrow Hawk) · A. fasciatus (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. fasciatus fasciatus (Australian Goshawk) · A. fasciatus natalis (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. francesiae (Frances' Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii francesii (Frances' Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii pusillus (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. gentilis (Eurasian Goshawk) · A. gentilis apache (Apache Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis atricapillus (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis gallinarum (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis gentilis (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis laingi (Northern Goshawk) · A. griseiceps (Sulawesi Crested Goshawk) · A. gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gularis gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gundlachi (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. gundlachii (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. gundlachi gundlachi (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. haplochrous (New-Caledonia Sparrow Hawk) · A. henicogrammus (Moluccan Goshawk) · A. henstii (Henst's Goshawk) · A. imitator (Imitator Sparrow Hawk) · A. luteoschistaceus (Slaty-Backed Goshawk) · A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Sparrow Hawk) · A. melanochlamys (Black Mantled Goshawk) · A. melanoleucus (Black Sparrow Hawk) · A. melanoleucus melanoleucus (Great Sparrow Hawk) · A. meyerianus (Meyer's Goshawk) · A. minullus (African Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. minullus minullus (African Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. nanus (Celebes Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. nisus (Northern Sparrow Hawk) · A. nisus nisus (Northern Sparrow Hawk) · A. novaehollandiae (White Goshawk) · A. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (White Goshawk) · A. ovampensis (Ovampo Sparrow Hawk) · A. poliocephalus (New Guinea Grey-Headed Goshawk) · A. poliogaster (Gray-Bellied Hawk) · A. princeps (New Britain Grey-Headed Goshawk) · A. radiatus (Doria's Goshawk) · A. rhodogaster (Vinous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. rhodogaster rhodogaster (Vinous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. rufitorques (Fiji Goshawk) · A. rufiventris (Red-Breasted Sparrowhawk) · A. rufiventris rufiventris (Rufous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. soloensis (Chinese Sparrowhawk) · A. striatus (Slate-Colored Hawk) · A. striatus perobscurus (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus striatus (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus suttoni (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus velox (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. superciliosus (Tiny Sparrow Hawk) · A. tachiro (African Goshawk) · A. tachiro tachiro (African Goshawk) · A. toussenelii (Red-Chested Goshawk) · A. trinotatus (Spot-Tailed Sparrow Hawk) · A. trivirgatus (Asian Crested Goshawk) · A. trivirgatus trivirgatus (Asian Crested Goshawk) · A. ventralis (Plain-Breasted Hawk) · A. virgatus (Bersa Sparrow Hawk) · A. virgatus virgatus (Besra Sparrow Hawk)

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 885.510 meters (2,905.217 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,184.570 based on 19,998 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  2. BirdLife International 2009. Accipiter striatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/16/2012