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Shikra

Accipiter badius

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

A small falcon with barrings on chest. Lower belly has fewer stripes and thighs have none.Females have yellow eyes; males have red. This one is a female.

Habitat:

Open wooded areas. This one was found in the extensive office cum residential grounds of a government establishment which is surrounded by huge tracts of agricultural land no doubt supplying lots of rodents for this bird.

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