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Imitator Sparrowhawk
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Imitator Sparrowhawk
Tachyspiza imitator
The imitator goshawk or imitator sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza imitator) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. It is found on the islands of Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
From the article Imitator goshawk on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It has a length of 26-33 cm and a wingspan of 53-63 cm. Regarding mass, one male weighed 208 grams and two females weighed 225 and 250 grams, respectively.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1582891.