Northern goshawk

Northern Goshawk, male by jenzzel68

The American goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) is a species of raptor in the family Accipitridae native to North America. Up until 2023, it was treated as conspecific with the closely related Eurasian goshawk (A. gentilis), where they were both given the name northern goshawk. They are fierce predators and will take prey including squirrels, rabbits, and medium-sized birds. They are very fast and maneuverable fliers and can fly through densely forested areas at top speed after prey, without…

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Northern Goshawks are impresive when you can see them from this close. This is a portret from w wild bird not a captured one.

With orange eyes this either an Asian Northern Goshawk or a maturing bird from the west. #Birds #nature

Mark Williams on Instagram: “An adult female northern goshawk portrait. This is the European variety (accipiter gentilis) but goshawks are found in North American,…”

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Northern goshawk by 29dec1971