Japanese Sparrowhawk

Order - Accipitriformes
Family - Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Accipiter 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

    Size : 23–30 cm; 92–193 g; Wingspan 46–58 cm

              Male 85–142 g, Female 111–193 g

   

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Accipiter gularis gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
  – Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan; winters to Philippines and Indonesia.
• Accipiter gularis sibiricus (Stepanyan, 1959)
  – Mongolia to e China and Taiwan; winters to India and Indonesia.
• Accipiter gularis iwasakii (Mishima, 1962)
  – S Ryukyu Islands (Iriomote and Ishigaki).

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