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Many birders have trouble separating these two species and below is a short guide which may help. There is an excellent identification article ‘That tricky accipter’ by Mark Darlaston in the April 2008 issue of Devon Birds journal, with some great photographs that might be useful for identification purposes. Below are, two separate images which have been merged to provide a side-by-side comparison of the two species.
Female Sparrowhawk (left) and male Goshawk (right), Devon
© Mark Darlaston, June 2008
Mark writes:
“Foreshortening has made the tail of the female Sparrowhawk (on the left) look a little shorter than in reality.
Note also:
All this really emphasises that a suite of features needs to be considered in separating Goshawk from Sparrowhawk.”
26th February 2009
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