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Shikra
Accipiter badius
22.1952, 80.5813
Field Notes
Description:
Palest-bluish-grey upperparts of all the accipiters; chin and throat are white with grey mesial streak; breast, belly and flanks are variably covered with narrow pale rusty bars, most prominent on the breast
Females are larger than male
Photo taken at Kanha Tiger Reserve, MP-India
Habitat:
Plains and lower hills; open wooded and arable land and near villages
Notes:
It is worth familiarising oneself with this, the commonest accipiter of the region, in order to sue it as a benchmark for comparison with the other species
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 22, 2017
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