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    (c) Muzaffar Bukhari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Dmytro and Elena, all rights reserved

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    (c) mohana569, all rights reserved

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    (c) Melvin Jaison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) faisalfasaludeenfs, all rights reserved

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    (c) Allan Hopkins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Shikra

Tachyspiza badia

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About

The shikra (Tachyspiza badia) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the shikra. The shikra is very similar in appearance, as well as behavior, at least to some degree, to other species including the Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis), Eurasian goshawk (Astur

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