Shikra - Accipiter badius - is a small raptor the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes and is of Type - diurnal-raptor. It is present in SW Asia, the Oriental Region, and sub-Saharan Africa. In the AWB Region it is resident in the S Caspian, NE Iran, SW Arabia, N UAE, N Oman, and the Sahel Region southwards into sub-Saharan Africa. It is a winter visitor to S Iraq, and Dhofar. In the Sahel of W Africa there are some migratory winter movements in S Mauritania, S Mali and SW Niger. Type - diurnal-raptor - Habitat Summer: open forests, dry woodlands, plantations, farmland, urban parks, Habitat Nests: in trees with platform nest like crow's Habitat Winter: Seasonal movements in W Africa, Sahel, Savannahs
Order..: Accipitriformes Family.: Accipitridae Genus..: Accipiter
Species- Accipiter badius
Shikra – Species – ebird.org
Shikra – Species Factsheet – birdlife.org
Shikra – Species sheet – wikipedia.org
Shikra – Species card – oiseaux-birds.com
Shikra – Range and calls – xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Shikra – Images – google.ae
Shikra – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
Shikra – Challenge calls – ibc.lynxeds.com
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