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
Description 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
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 (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
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- Columbiformes
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- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
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- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes