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Forest
How to tell it apart
It is mostly grey with a rufous neck with yellow feet and yellow black-tipped bill. The juvenile is brown.
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About the Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk
The rufous-necked sparrowhawk is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
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Easily confused with
Red-thighed SparrowhawkTachyspiza erythropusA very small, dove-sized sparrowhawk with a distinctive tail pattern.
Slaty-mantled GoshawkTachyspiza luteoschistaceaThe slaty-mantled goshawk, also known as the slaty-mantled sparrowhawk or slaty-backed sparrowhawk, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Moluccan GoshawkTachyspiza henicogrammaThey are a mid-sized raptors with short, rounded wingtips, relatively long tails, a heavy bill, and long legs but short and rather weak toes.
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