Besra
Accipiter virgatus - Épervier besra
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Accipiter
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Species:
virgatus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 36 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight:
Geographic range
Identification
Besra (Accipiter virgatus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 10 subspecies
- Accipiter virgatus virgatus (Java, Bali)
- Accipiter virgatus affinis (w Himalayas to central China and Indochina)
- Accipiter virgatus fuscipectus (Taiwan)
- Accipiter virgatus besra (s India, Sri Lanka)
- Accipiter virgatus vanbemmeli (Sumatra)
- Accipiter virgatus rufotibialis (n Borneo)
- Accipiter virgatus quinquefasciatus (Flores. Lesser Sundas.)
- Accipiter virgatus abdulalii (Andaman and Nicobar Is.)
- Accipiter virgatus confusus (n and c Philippines)
- Accipiter virgatus quagga (c and s Philippines)
Foreign names
- Épervier besra,
- Gavilán besra,
- gavião-besra,
- Besrasperber,
- besra karvaly,
- Besrasperwer,
- Besra,
- besra,
- Besrahauk,
- jastrab besra,
- krahujec besra,
- Besra,
- ruostevarpushaukka,
- esparver menut de flancs rogencs,
- krogulec orientalny,
- besras vanags,
- Индийский перепелятник,
- Elang-alap besra,
- ミナミツミ,
- 松雀鹰,
- เหยี่ยวนกกระจอกเล็ก,
- 松雀鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan - vol4, Salim Ali and Dillon Ripley
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
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- Gaviiformes
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- Leptosomiformes
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- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
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- Piciformes
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