Accipiter gentilis

(Goshawk, Autour des palombes, Habicht, Azor común)

Example 1 IMG 9294 (17.02.2013)

Species List
Date July 1952
Location Karow, Kreis Lübz (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Origin The bird was found nailed on a barn door.
Age and sex  
Feathers 2 Primaries (240, 205 mm) and 2 secondaries (176, 184 mm) of the right wing
Literature see below
English Wikipedia    
Example 2 IMG 9291 (17.02.2013)

Species List
Date July 1952
Location Karow, Kreis Lübz (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Origin The bird was found nailed on a barn door.
Age and sex  
Feathers 4 Tail-feathers (240, 236, 232, and 228 mm)
Literature see below
     
Literature

 

 

 

R. Brown, J. Ferguson, M. Lawrence, D. Lees, Federn, Spuren und Zeichen der Vögel Europas, Aula-Verlag, Wiebelsheim 2003, page 244-245

M. Cieslak, B. Dul, Feathers - Identification for Bird Conservation, Natura Publishing House, Warsaw 2006, Page 142-145

R. März, Gewöll- und Rupfungskunde, 3. von Konrad Banz neu bearbeitete Auflage, Akademieverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-05-500157-5, page 190