Shikra
Accipiter badius - Épervier shikra
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Accipiter
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Species:
badius
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 45 cm
- Wingspan: 48 à 68 cm.
- Weight: 75 à 266 g
Geographic range
Identification
Shikra (Accipiter badius) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 6 subspecies
- Accipiter badius badius (sw India, Sri Lanka)
- Accipiter badius sphenurus (Senegal and Gambia to sw Arabia south to n Tanzania and n DRCongo)
- Accipiter badius polyzonoides (s DRCongo and s Tanzania to South Africa)
- Accipiter badius cenchroides (Caucasus to c Asia and nw India)
- Accipiter badius dussumieri (c India, Bangladesh)
- Accipiter badius poliopsis (n India to s China and Indochina)
Foreign names
- Épervier shikra,
- Gavilán chikra,
- gavião-chicra,
- Schikrasperber,
- sikra,
- Shikra,
- Sparviere shikra,
- shikra,
- Shikrahauk,
- jastrab šikra,
- krahujec šikra,
- Shikra,
- arovarpushaukka,
- Gebande Sperwer,
- esparver Shikra,
- Brandhaukur,
- krogulec mały,
- Indijas vanags,
- šikra,
- Тювик,
- Elang-alap shikra,
- タカサゴダカ,
- 褐耳鹰,
- เหยี่ยวนกเขาชิครา,
- 褐耳雀鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan - vol4, Salim Ali and Dillon Ripley
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
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- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
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- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
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