Tachyspiza cirrocephala

5 Collared Sparrowhawk at West Wodonga, VIC

Tachyspiza cirrocephala at West Wodonga, VIC - 3 Dec 2019
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Identification history

Tachyspiza cirrocephala 6 Aug 2020 ChrisAllen
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 6 Aug 2020 Michelleco

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8 comments

   6 Aug 2020
Fantastic photo
Michelleco wrote:
   6 Aug 2020
A gruesome scene! Hard to watch, and hard to look away.
   8 Aug 2020
Were you able to make out the identity of the victim?
Michelleco wrote:
   8 Aug 2020
Hi Matthew - yes, young Starling.
LizetteSalmon wrote:
   11 Aug 2020
Was this in your garden, Michelle?
LizetteSalmon wrote:
   11 Aug 2020
Was this in your garden, Michelle?
Michelleco wrote:
   11 Aug 2020
Hi Lizette - yes in the front garden.
LizetteSalmon wrote:
   11 Aug 2020
Goodness gracious, what a discovery. Very lucky you had a camera/phone nearby (or perhaps it was your talented photographer husband). I saw my first collared sparrowhawk recently (in Baranduda) - but it was up in a tree, not at my feet!

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Species information

  • Tachyspiza cirrocephala Scientific name
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 814.48m Recorded at altitude
  • 244 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus cirrocephalus Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus

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