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Shikra in the green. I took this photo in the busy city of Chandigarh, India. It was very surprising to see that even though the city is very well developed and crowded, a wide variety of interesting and rare birds can still be spotted. Accipiter badius,Shikra Click/tap to enlarge

Shikra in the green.

I took this photo in the busy city of Chandigarh, India. It was very surprising to see that even though the city is very well developed and crowded, a wide variety of interesting and rare birds can still be spotted.

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    Planet Earth part II has a whole episode on urban wildlife, showing several Indian cities as examples. Posted 5 years ago

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The Shikra

The Shikra is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the Little Banded Goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the Shikra. The Shikra is very similar in appearance to other sparrowhawk species including the Chinese Goshawk and Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

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Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey
Species identified by saketh upadhya
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Uploaded Jun 6, 2017. Captured Oct 14, 2016 08:10.
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  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 250mm