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Crested Goshawk

Lophospiza trivirgata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 206, February 226, March 282, April 283, May 193, June 125, July 68, August 81, September 126, October 169, November 141, December 160.
China2,060
Taiwan1,347
Taiwan Province1,313
Singapore387
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region276
Taipei253
Kaohsiung247
India228
Malaysia197
Thailand186

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • DiurnalActive primarily during the dayFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderHawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies · Accipitriformes
FamilyHawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
GenusCrested And Sulawesi Goshawks · Lophospiza

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Crested Goshawk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.