Shikra: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the shikra lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Accipiter badius
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Mass	21 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the shikra live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the shikra in 18 countries and territories across Africa and Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a shikra?

Wikidata records the following for the shikra: mass 21 g (birth weight).

Is the shikra endangered?

The shikra’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the shikra?

The shikra (Accipiter badius) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Accipiter. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the shikra

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 (Tachyspiza soloensis, formerly Accipiter soloensis), Eurasian goshawk (Astur gentilis) and Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). They have a sharp two-note call and exhibit the flap-and-glide flight style typical of Tachyspiza and Accipiter hawks. Their calls are imitated by drongos and the common hawk-cuckoo resembles it in plumage. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Shikra (revision 1361279334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q715710 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).