Babblers have been observed to rally together to drive away a Shikra.

The Shikra is found in a range of habitats including forests, farmland and urban areas.

The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the Shikra.

It is said that they imitate the call of the Shikra so as to put mynas to flight and then to steal prey.

The adult Shikra has pale grey upperparts and is white, finely barred reddish below.

It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, a sparrow hawk, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch.

This species is like a darker version of the widespread Shikra, but all plumages have a dark vertical throat stripe.

The birds of prey are shikra, sparrow hawk, owl and several species of vulture.

The Burmese Shikra A. b. poliopsis may represent a distinct species.

She left Sunderland in April 2007 bound for Keratsini as the Shikra.

Subadults have the breast streaked, similar to the immature Shikra, and there are large brown chevron marks on the belly.

He walked out of the bay to the sound of the Shikra's life-support system sucking the air out of the bay.

INS Shikra is primarily a heliport.

An exclusive base, INS Shikra for helicopters was commissioned in Mumbai.

The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap-flap-glide", and the barred underwings are a distinction from the Shikra, A. badius.

The main hills of the area are Shikra, Bansa, Kopla, Silphor etc.

Small birds usually dive through foliage to avoid a Shikra and a Small Blue Kingfisher has been observed diving into water to escape.

Prey species of birds include partridges, doves, Indian Roller, the Shikra and the Spotted Owlet.

Naval Air Squadrons based at INS Shikra include:

SHIKRA Accipiter badius.

The name SheiKra is derived from the word "shikra", an Asian-African hawk that is known to dive vertically for its prey.

The Shikra is very similar in appearance to other sparrowhawk species including the Chinese Goshawk and Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Local birds species include partridge, warblers, shikra, the blue rock pigeon, rock nuthatch, golden eagle, sparrows, hawks, falcons and bearded vultures.

They are capable of producing a wide range of calls but a common call is a two note tee-hee call resembling that of the Shikra (Accipiter badius).

With some regularity, they prey on other raptor species, including Shikra, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, African Goshawk and Wood Owl.

The Shikra (Accipiter badius) 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.

Shikra (Accipiter badius)

They are capable of producing a wide range of calls but a common call is a two note tee-hee call resembling that of the Shikra (Accipiter badius).

Among the local species, Shikra (Accipiter badius) can be found along the rivers and Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) are present in the rock falls.

The Shikra (Accipiter badius) 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.