Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)

		female
2009-04-26 Karamendy settlement, Naurzum region, Kostanai oblast	© Aleksey Timoshenko

Description

Less than nisosimilis. Male wing length 188-210 (201), female 223-248 (236) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in middle current of Ural valley, Northern Kazakhstan, Kokchetav forests, in Irtysh valley at Pavlodar, in South-West Altai, Kalbinskiy Altai, Kazakh Upland (Karkaralinsk, Konyr, near Akbastau), Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Northern Tien Shan. Nesting in Naurzum Reserve recorded in 1978. Widespread occurs on migration. Occasionally winters at Markakol lake (4-29 November 1980, 3 - 13 December 1980, 1 January - 31 March 1981), but usually in southern Kazakhstan.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.