Northern Goshawk

The Eurasian goshawk (Astur gentilis) is a medium-large accipitrid of temperate Eurasia. It was formerly placed in Accipiter, but that genus proved paraphyletic and was split, moving this species to Astur. Males are about 50 cm long and females about 56.5 cm, with a wingspan of roughly 100-130 cm - slightly smaller than a black kite and about crow-sized, but longer-tailed. In the scientific name astur means hawk and gentilis noble, because in medieval Europe only the nobility were permitted to fly goshawks. In Japan, falconry with goshawks taking cranes and pheasants larger than the hawk itself developed from the sixteenth century and flourished in the mid-Edo period. Japanese numbers collapsed with habitat development, a 1984 survey finding only about 400 birds, but protection as a nationally endangered species from 1993 brought recovery, with about 5,800 birds recorded around the Kanto region alone by 2008. The designation was lifted on 21 September 2017, yet capture, trade, import and export remain restricted under the wildlife protection law except for purposes such as academic research.

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The Northern Goshawk lives 20-25 years.

The Northern Goshawk grows to Males about 50cm, females about 56.5cm (wingspan about 100-130cm; weights vary by region, averaging 865g in males and 1,414g in females in central Fennoscandia, with medians of 690g and 1,050g in Spain).

Weight varies regionally: in central Fennoscandia males average 865 g and females 1,414 g, while in Spain the medians are 690 g and 1,050 g.