Accipiters & Eagles Flashcards
Order these Accipiters from largest to smallest:
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- Gabar Goshawk
- Shikra
- Little Sparrowhawk
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk
- Lizard Buzzard
- African Goshawk
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- African Goshawk
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk
- Lizard Buzzard
- Gabar Goshawk
- Shikra
- Little Sparrowhawk
What are the key ID features of the Dark Chanting Goshawk?
Uniform dark grey body; below breast becoming narrowly barred. Red eyes; beak and legs. Pale rump patch and secondaries in flight;43-56 cm (Pied Crow)
What are the key ID features of the African Goshawk?
Yellow eye and legs and grey cere; wholly barred on the front including the breast and throat; no white on the rump ;36-46 cm (Slightly larger than Burchell’s Coucal)
What are the key ID features of the Lizard Buzzard?
White throat with black malar stripe; grey solid chest; white rump (in flight); single broad white tail bar (about half way down) on grey tail;35-37cm (Purple Roller)
What are the key ID features of the Gabar Goshawk?
Grey throat and breast; red eye; cere and legs; two toned underparts (like a miniature Dark Chanting Goshawk); black and grey tail bars (seen in flight as three white bands on tail); White rump patch seen in flight; Look out for MELANISTIC form;28-36 cm (Lilac-breasted Roller)
What are the key ID features of the Shikra?
Lacks the white rump and tail spots of the Little Sparrowhawk; rufous barring from throat downwards (not grey); cherry-red eye and unbarred tail; no white rump patch seen in flight;28-30 cm (Amur Falcon)
What are the key ID features of the Little Sparrowhawk?
Very small; yellow legs; cere; eye and eye-ring; two white tail spots on black tail; narrow white rump (in flight appears like three white marks descending down the centre of the tail); orangey/brown barring on chest;23-28 cm (Grey-headed Bush Shrike)
What bird has the following features: Uniform dark grey body; below breast becoming narrowly barred. Red eyes; beak and legs. Pale rump patch and secondaries in flight;43-56 cm (Pied Crow)?
Dark Chanting Goshawk
What bird has the following features: Yellow eye and legs and grey cere; wholly barred on the front including the breast and throat; no white on the rump ;36-46 cm (Slightly larger than Burchell’s Coucal)?
African Goshawk
What bird has the following features: White throat with black malar stripe; grey solid chest; white rump (in flight); single broad white tail bar (about half way down) on grey tail;35-37cm (Purple Roller)?
Lizard Buzzard
What bird has the following features: Grey throat and breast; red eye; cere and legs; two toned underparts (like a miniature Dark Chanting Goshawk); black and grey tail bars (seen in flight as three white bands on tail); White rump patch seen in flight; Look out for MELANISTIC form;28-36 cm (Lilac-breasted Roller)?
Gabar Goshawk
What bird has the following features: Lacks the white rump and tail spots of the Little Sparrowhawk; rufous barring from throat downwards (not grey); cherry-red eye and unbarred tail; no white rump patch seen in flight;28-30 cm (Amur Falcon)?
Shikra
What bird has the following features: Very small; yellow legs; cere; eye and eye-ring; two white tail spots on black tail; narrow white rump (in flight appears like three white marks descending down the centre of the tail); orangey/brown barring on chest;23-28 cm (Grey-headed Bush Shrike)?
Little Sparrowhawk
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Brown Snake Eagle?
Common resident; Breeding in summer; peaking in January
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Steppe Eagle?
Non-breeding Palaearctic migrant; Breeding in Europe to Kazakhstan
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Lesser Spotted Eagle?
Non-breeding Palaearctic migrant; Breeding in Europe; Russia and India
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Tawny Eagle?
Locally common resident; Breeding April - July
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Wahlberg’s Eagle?
Common intra-African breeding migrant; Breeding Sept - Oct
What are the breeding and migratory habits of the Booted Eagle?
Intra-African migrants breeding mostly in Namibia in June or Sept in the Cape; Also non-breeding Palaearctic migrants
What are the key ID features of the Brown Snake Eagle?
Dark brown; large yellow eyes; unfeathered grey legs; grey cere; large bulbous head; underwings appear “transparent” in flight with paler flight feathers; very erect posture when sitting
What are the key ID features of the Steppe Eagle?
Large; dark brown; dark brown eyes; yellow cere and gape that extends to back of the eye
What are the key ID features of the Lesser Spotted Eagle?
Uniform brown; yellow eye; cere and feet; short yellow gape; tight feathering on legs (“stove-pipe”); tail short and rounded in flight; size – slightly larger than Wahlberg’s; but smaller than Tawny
What are the key ID features of the Tawny Eagle?
Fairly large; light brown (variable morphs); pale yellow gape extends to below middle of eye; loose feathering on legs (baggy trousers); tail rounded in flight
What are the key ID features of the Wahlberg’s Eagle?
Smallish eagle; uniform dark brown (also variable morphs); head small with weak bill; slight crest (gives back of head an angular appearance); tail longish and square in flight – in flight overall appearance is “cross-like”
What are the key ID features of the Booted Eagle?
Small eagle (similar in size to Dark Chanting Goshawk); variable colour morphs from dark brown to pale; small white patches on the shoulders (“white braces” or “landing lights”); tarsus heavily feathered (boots); tail square to slightly rounded with white band at base of the tail (rump) seen in flight
What eagle has the following features: What are the key ID features of the Steppe Eagle??
Steppe Eagle
What eagle has the following features: What are the key ID features of the Lesser Spotted Eagle??
Lesser Spotted Eagle
What eagle has the following features: What are the key ID features of the Tawny Eagle??
Tawny Eagle
What eagle has the following features: What are the key ID features of the Wahlberg’s Eagle??
Wahlberg’s Eagle
What eagle has the following features: What are the key ID features of the Booted Eagle??
Booted Eagle
