| Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus (aka Australian Goshawk) |
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The Coorong, SA, Australia March 2006 The Brown Goshawk is distributed throughout Australia and in Papua New Guinea and several nearby islands. It is found in a variety of habitats but is not found either in dense forest or in areas without trees though it often hunts over open areas. |
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It is a fairly large hawk with noticeable brow ridges "beetle-browed" and yellow eyes. The adult is grey-brown above with a rufous collar and fine rufous and white barring below. These photos are of a juvenile and show heavy brown streaks on the throat and chest and heavy brown barring on the belly and thighs. | |||
| Adult and juvenile plumage is similar to the slightly smaller Collared Sparrowhawk A. cirrhocephalus but note the rounded tail, the longer neck and the fuller wings. | ||||
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