brendank

John-Could you comment on the key ID points?  I still don't feel very comfortable identifying small accipiters I see here during the winter.

Brendan

brendank

Hi John,

Thanks for the comments.

"the prominent gular stripe should eliminate Japanese Sparrowhawk"

this I didn't know and would be quite useful for seperation.  

Crested Goshawks usually have a very distinctive shape in flight so in general I think they are easier to recognize.  But I can't say I feel very comfortable with Japanese/Chinese/Eurasian Sparrowhawk/Besra at a distance and unfortunately we usually don't see accipiters for very long.

Brendan

brendank

Thanks for the info!

Would I be right to call this a Chinese Goshawk?

Brendan