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BROWN GOSHAWK FACTS |
Description
The Brown Goshawk is a medium sized bird of prey with grey head and grey back, and reddish brown barred front. The legs and toes are yellow. Juveniles have brown backs, brown and white streaked head, and brown and white barred underside. The Brown Goshawk is similar to the Collared Sparrowhawk which is somewhat smaller and has thinner legs and toes.
Size
40cm (male); 50cm (female)
Habitat
forest, woodlands and along river courses
Food
mainly birds. Also small mammals, frogs and reptiles
Breeding
lays 2-4 whitish eggs in a nest made of sticks and lined with green leaves, placed high in a tall tree
Range
found across Australia, including Tasmania. Also found in New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Falconiformes | | Family: | Accipitridae | | Genus: | Accipiter | | Species: | fasciatus | | Common Name: | Brown Goshawk |
Relatives in same Genus
Collared Sparrowhawk (A. cirrocephalus)
Grey Goshawk (A. novaehollandiae)
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