Japanese Sparrowhawk

Order - Accipitriformes
Family - Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Tachyspiza gularis

日本松雀鹰 (rìběn sōng-què-yīng)

    Malay : Helang-Sewah Jepun

    Japanese : エッサイ (essai) / ツミ (tsumi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 悦哉 / 雀鷹 ~ 雀鷂

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 11,000,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 13,100,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 23–30 cm; Wingspan 46–58 cm

              Male 85–142 g, Female 111–193 g

   

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Tachyspiza gularis gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
  – Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan; winters to Philippines and Indonesia.
• Tachyspiza gularis sibirica (Stepanyan, 1959)
  – upper R Ob and Mongolia E to middle R Lena and Sea of Okhotsk; presumably winters in SE Asia and perhaps Greater Sundas.
• Tachyspiza gularis iwasakii (Mishima, 1962)
  – S Ryukyu Is (Yonaguni, Iriomote, Ishigaki).

Distribution Map

Accipiter gularis ssp. sibiricus

Date : 07 November 2021

Location : Exit 3232 (Sitiawan Utara), West Coast Expressway (WCE), Sitiawan, Daerah Manjung, Perak

Accipiter gularis ssp. sibiricus

Date : 07 November 2021

Location : Exit 3232 (Sitiawan Utara), West Coast Expressway (WCE), Sitiawan, Daerah Manjung, Perak

Accipiter gularis ssp. sibiricus

Date : 07 November 2021

Location : Exit 3232 (Sitiawan Utara), West Coast Expressway (WCE), Sitiawan, Daerah Manjung, Perak