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Accipiter badius |
(Gmelin, 1788) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Shikra |
Épervier shikra |
Gavilán chikra |
Schikrasperber |
Migration: partial |
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intracontinental |
Regular winter migrant S from Palearctic edge of range; some birds move SW to Arabia; most to Pakistan, India
and SE Asia. Resident in most other areas of India and in Africa, but in more deciduous habitats moves regularly
between drier and wetter savannas. In W Africa moves S in dry season of Oct-Mar, to breed in Guinea
woodlands, then N again in wet season; more precise study of movements in W Africa required, e.g. in
Senegambia present all year round, but much more numerous in rains. Probably similar but more erratic
movements in SW Africa. In Taru Desert and arid Tsavo, Kenya, moves N in Jan-Mar. Vagrant to Malaysia and
Sumatra. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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Regions: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |