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    Tachyspiza gularis – breeds east Palearctic; winters Southeast Asia Besra, Tachyspiza virgata – south, southeast Asia Dwarf sparrowhawk, Tachyspiza nanus...
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    Besra (redirect from Tachyspiza virgata)
    The besra (Tachyspiza virgata), also called the besra sparrowhawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter...
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    species were moved from Accipiter to the resurrected genera Aerospiza, Tachyspiza and Astur. The genus level cladogram of the Accipitrinae shown below is...
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    profile, are the best distinctions from its relative, the besra (Tachyspiza virgata). The male has a dark brown crown, grey head sides and black moustachial...
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  • (Tachyspiza cirrocephala), Japanese (Tachyspiza gularis) and black sparrowhawks (Astur melanoleucus); besra (Tachyspiza virgata); shikra (Tachyspiza badia);...
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    (spizias) meaning "hawk". The species is closely related to the Besra (Tachyspiza virgata). For a time, it was thought the Japanese sparrowhawk was a migratory...
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  • Japanese sparrowhawk Accipitridae Tachyspiza gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) 147 Besra Accipitridae Tachyspiza virgata (Temminck, 1822) 148 Dwarf sparrowhawk...
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