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Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk

Tachyspiza trinotata

Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza trinotata) — Birds of Prey of Australia & Oceania.

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The Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza trinotata) is a member of the Accipitridae family found in Australia & Oceania.

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Where it fits

  1. Class Aves
  2. Order Accipitriformes
  3. Family Accipitridae Kites, Hawks, Eagles
  4. Genus Tachyspiza
  5. Species trinotata

Where it lives

Sulawesi, Talisei (north of northeastern Sulawesi), Muna and Butung (=Buton; south of southeastern Sulawesi)

Quick facts

Family
Accipitridae

Biology & behaviour

The Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza trinotata) is a species of kites, hawks, eagles in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. It is found in Australia & Oceania — Sulawesi, Talisei (n of ne Sulawesi), Muna and Butung (=Buton; s of se Sulawesi).

Conservation

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