Schikrasperber

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Schikrasperber
Schikrasperber (Accipiter badius)

Schikrasperber ( Accipiter badius )

Systematics
Order : Birds of prey (Accipitriformes)
Family : Hawk species (Accipitridae)
Subfamily : Hawks and sparrowhawks (Accipitrinae)
Genre : Hawks and sparrowhawks ( Accipiter )
Type : Schikrasperber
Scientific name
Accipiter badius
( Gmelin , 1788)
Accipiter badius

The Schikrasperber or Schikra ( Accipiter badius ) belongs to the family of the hawk-like (Accipitridae). The species is largely unexplored. It was originally found in western Central Asia , South Kazakhstan, and South Asia . Shikras have also been reported on the African continent.

Appearance

It becomes about 30 to 36 centimeters long and reaches a span of up to 74 centimeters and is almost the same size as the sparrowhawk , but with a significantly lighter plumage.

The wing tips are recognizable black in relation to the short-tailed cattle in adult birds.

distribution and habitat

Distribution areas of the Schikrasperber:
  • Breeding areas
  • Year-round occurrence
  • Wintering areas

    • The actual breeding area of ​​the species is in western Central Asia , South Kazakhstan and South Asia, as well as occasionally on the African continent. Shikras only breed irregularly in the Western Palearctic .

    Schikras live mainly in steppes, savannas and desert fringes and oases. The species can also be found in cultural landscapes with courtyards and groups of trees as well as gallery forests .

    nutrition

    They mostly feed on reptiles , large insects, and chicks from chicken birds . In the twilight they also hunt specifically for bats . He also preyed on frogs and small mammals (mice etc.).

    Subspecies

    There are six known subspecies:

    • Accipiter badius sphenurus ( Rüppell , 1836) the distribution area includes Senegal and Gambia across southwest Arabia and south to northern Tanzania and the northern area of ​​the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • Accipiter badius polyzonoides Smith, A , 1838 occurs in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the south of Tanzania to South Africa .
    • Accipiter badius cenchroides ( Severtsov , 1873) is widespread in the Caucasus across Central Asia to northwest India.
    Accipiter badius cenchroides
    • Accipiter badius dussumieri ( Temminck , 1824) occurs in central India and Bangladesh,
    • Accipiter badius poliopsis ( Hume , 1874) is distributed in northern India through southern China to Indochina .
    • Accipiter badius badius ( Gmelin, JF , 1788) occurs in southwest India and Sri Lanka .

    literature

    • Benny Génsbøl, Walther Thiede: Birds of prey - All European species, identifiers, flight images, biology, distribution, endangerment, population development . BLV Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-405-14386-1
    • Theodor Mebs : European birds of prey - biology - population conditions - population endangerment . Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-440-06838-2
    • Johann Friedrich Gmelin: Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis . tape 1 . Georg Emanuel Beer, Leipzig 1788 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
    • Allan Octavian Hume: Novelities Micronisius poliopsis Sp. Nov.? In: Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies . tape 2 , no. 3 , 1874, p. 325-326 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
    • Eduard Rüppell: New vertebrates belonging to the fauna of Abyssinia . Birds. Commissioned by Sigmund Schmerber, Frankfurt 1835 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
    • Coenraad Jacob Temminck: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux: pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon (plate 314 & text) . tape 1 , delivery 52. ​​Legras Imbert et Comp., Strasbourg 1824 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
    • Andrew Smith: Nllustrations of the zoology of South Africa: consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "the Cape of Good Hope Association for exploring Central Africa": together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe . 2 (Aves). Smith, Elder and Co., London 1838 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
    • Nikolai Alexejewitsch Severzow: Вертикальное и горизонтальное распространение туркестанских животных . In: Izvestia Imperatorskago Obschestva Liubitelei Estestvoznania Antropologii i Etnographii . tape 8 , no. 2 , 1873, p. 1-157 .

    Single receipts

    1. ↑ Benny Génsbøl, Walther Thiede: Birds of prey - all European species, identifiers, flight images, biology, distribution, endangerment, population development . BLV Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-405-14386-1
    2. ^ IOC World Bird List New World vultures, Secretarybird, kites, hawks & eagles
    3. ↑ Eduard Rüppell, p. 42.
    4. ^ Andrew Smith, Plate 11, text.
    5. ↑ Nikolai Alexejewitsch Severzow, p. 113.
    6. ^ Coenraad Jacob Temminck, plate 308, plate 336, text pp. 222–225
    7. ↑ Allan Octavian Hume, p. 325.
    8. ↑ Johann Friedrich Gmelin, p. 280.

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