Collared Sparrowhawk

Scientific 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 40 centimetres long with a wingspan of 80 centimetres.

Notes:

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 110 km. 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 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/02725816-5d59-41e1-aa00-f7cc41cd66dc#overview