Agularis

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Accipiter gularis

(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Family: Accipitridae

Order: Falconiformes

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Japanese sparrowhawk

Trillersperber

Épervier du Japon

Gavilancito japonés

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: intracontinental

sedentary in Taiwan

Accipiter gularis

Mainly migratory, although sedentary in Taiwan and S Ryukyu Is; small numbers winter in breeding range, in C & S Japan and SE China. Winter visitor from S China to Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Greater and Lesser Sundas and N Sulawesi; limited numbers in Burma; considerable movement recorded over Bali, where 7835 birds seen from early Oct to early Nov 1989. In Japan, birds mostly present from Apr to Sept; in Siberia possibly from May to Sept or early Oct.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia