Tachyspiza fasciata

Brown Goshawk at Saint Lucia, QLD

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Tachyspiza fasciata 23 Sep 2025 Liam.m
Tachyspiza cirrocephala 23 Sep 2025 DAdeGroot

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Lone bird, circling (and being harassed by a noisy miner). Inspection of the middle toe, and its generally smallish size, suggest this is the Collared Sparrowhawk, rather than a Brown Goshawk.

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Liam.m wrote:
   23 Sep 2025
Heavy brow and rounded tail suggest otherwise. Looks like a pretty good fit for goshawk, and sometimes the males can be surprisingly small
DAdeGroot wrote:
   23 Sep 2025
I have a terrible track record telling those two apart.
Liam.m wrote:
   23 Sep 2025
I don’t blame you, they’re tricky even at the best of times!

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