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goshawk

 
Dictionary: gos·hawk   (gŏs'hôk') pronunciation
n.
  1. A large powerful hawk (Accipiter gentilis) having broad rounded wings, a long tail, and gray or brownish plumage.
  2. Any of several similar or related hawks.

[Middle English goshauk, from Old English gōshafoc : gōs, goose; see goose + hafoc, hawk; see hawk1.]


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Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).
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Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). (credit: Karl H. Maslowski)
Any of the more powerful accipiters (hawks in the genus Accipiter), primarily short-winged, forest-dwelling bird catchers. Best known is the northern goshawk, which reaches about 2 ft (60 cm) in length with a 4.3-ft (1.3-m) wingspread and has finely barred gray plumage. Long used for falconry, the goshawk takes game as large as foxes and grouse. In the wild it lives in temperate to northern forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere, though it has become rare in the British Isles and is declining in North America. Several other species are found in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Slate-blue, expert hunting hawk, 2 ft long with a 4 ft wingspan. A quick flyer that catches most of its prey on the wing. Called also Accipiter gentilis.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - duehøg

Nederlands (Dutch)
soort havik

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) autour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Habicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορνιθ.) διπλοσάϊνο, κιρκινέζι

Italiano (Italian)
astore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - milhafre (m) (Ornit.) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
ястреб-тетеревятник

Español (Spanish)
n. - azor, halcón palumbario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - duvhök (zool.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
苍鹰

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蒼鷹

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (새) 참매

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - オオタカ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الباز : طائر يصطاد به‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נץ גדול (למשפחת הבזים)‬


 
 

 

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