Collared SparrowhawkScientific name: Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Meaning of name: Accipiter is Latin for hawk. Cirrhocephalus is from the Greek words cirros, meaning tawny, and cephale, meaning head.
Aboriginal name: Djilildjili (chill’chill’ee).
Distribution: Widespread across Australia but absent from the sandy desert areas.
Description: Up to 40cm long with a wingspan of 80cm.
Notes: The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 110km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 4 years 8.7 months after being banded (information as at 14 June 2012).
References: What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB. Photograph courtesy of Peter White.
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to FQPB. Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
