Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk)
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The shikra is a small sparrowhawk (30 cm) with uniformly grey upperparts. The left upper photo (Kitani Bandas, 6-17) is courtesy of Riaan Marais; the right upper (Same, 6-18), courtesy Per Holmen; left lower (kibungo-Rwanda, 2010), courtesy Jason Anderson; and the right lower juvenile (Ruaha, 8-10), courtesy Dominic Oldridge. The middle photos were taken in the Nguru Mountains (4-09).
  
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All unattributed images on this website are:
copyright © 2001-20 Ron Eggert or David Peterson
All other images are the property of the indicated photographers:
Jason Anderson, Dominic Oldridge, Per Holman, Riaan Marais

Last Update this page: 4-10-19