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Armenian Name: | Ցախաքլորաորս |
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See Plate 11 for Northern Goshawk and other similar species See Plate 15 for Northern Goshawk and other similar species in flight
Flight Characteristics: | Wing shows bulging secondaries and narrow outerwing. Long banded and rounded tail. Male is blue-gray above, female browner; whitish with numerous fine dark bars below. Juvenile dark brown above; pale brown below with dark streaks. Soars on level or slightly raised wings. Flies with slow wingbeats. Hunts low. |
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Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
Abundance: | Uncommon |
Length: | 48-62 cm, Wing Span:90-120 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 43. |
Description: | Raptor with distinct whitish stripe above eye, rounded tail, white undertail coverts, and broad wings with bulging secondaries and narrow outerwing. |
Adult: | Male markedly smaller than female, blue-gray above with dark crown and cheek, barred tail, and white underparts with gray barring. Female is size of Common Buzzard, brown-gray above; color and barring like male below. |
Juvenile: | Dark brown with pale edges above, off-white stripe above eye, and bold streaks below. |
Similar Species: | Differs from all other hawks by large size, broad body, and white supercilium. |
Behavior: | Hunts primarily in woods. |
Habitat: | Dense woodland with glades. |
Food: | Primarily birds, some mammals to size of hare. |
Nest: | Pile of twigs and branches with cup of green vegetation and bark in tree. |
Eggs: | 59 mm, 2-4, bluish-white. |