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The Japanese sparrowhawk was formally described in 1845 by the zoologists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in Philipp Franz von Siebold's Fauna Japonica.They specified the scientific name Astur (Nisus) gularis, [4] [5] where Nisus was an alternative possible genus: it had been introduced by Georges Cuvier in 1800.
They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Collared scops-owl, Otus lettia (A) Japanese scops-owl, Otus semitorques; Ryūkyū scops-owl, Otus elegans; Oriental scops-owl, Otus sunia; Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo (A) Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (A)
Japanese sparrowhawk, Tachyspiza gularis – breeds east Palearctic; winters Southeast Asia; Besra, Tachyspiza virgata – south, southeast Asia; Dwarf sparrowhawk, Tachyspiza nanus – Sulawesi; Rufous-necked sparrowhawk, Tachyspiza erythrauchen – Moluccas; Collared sparrowhawk, Tachyspiza cirrocephala – New Guinea and Australia
Hawk-eagle austringers in northeastern Japan have also emerged in the process, although their origin is somewhat uncertain. After World War II , the Imperial Household Agency suspended the practice of hawking, and the tradition of takagari is today kept by clubs formed by enthusiasts.
The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. [4] A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. [5]
Hawk in flight. With their broad wingspans and sharp talons, hawks are some of the most regal birds in the skies. But beyond their powerful physical qualities, hawks hold deep spiritual meaning ...
Falconry was once called "hawking", and any bird used for falconry could be referred to as a hawk. [4]Aristotle listed eleven types of ἱέρακες (hierakes, hawks; singular ἱέραξ, hierax): aisalōn (merlin), asterias, hypotriorchēs, kirkos, leios, perkos, phassophonos, phrynologos, pternis, spizias, and triorchēs.
Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the subfamily Accipitrinae. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus , now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowhawk to distinguish it from other species.