Talk:Eurasian goshawk

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Can anyone find me a good recording of a goshawk territorial call? That would be a wonderful addition to the article.

link added jimfbleak 05:37, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The picture of the immature "Goshawk" from Urbanna Illinois could easily be a juvenile female Cooper's Hawk. The Cooper's Hawk is a far more common species in Illinois. This page could use information to help differentiate a Cooper's Hawk and a Goshawk. I took several pictures today of what I believe was a Goshawk- engaged in a fracas with a Sharp Shinned Hawk. But I am in Northern Georgia and it is July. The hawk seemed to lack the exceedingly long tail of a Cooper's Hawk and had the more pronounced black banding. It also seemed too big to be a Cooper's Hawk. It appeared to be comparable in size if not larger than a Red Tailed Hawk. That said- I must concede that the Accipter I saw was probably a female Cooper's Hawk- until further review of my photos by another party. I believe this same skepticism should be applied to the likely Cooper's Hawk picture on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.217.227.14 (talk • contribs) 21:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I'm a central Illinois native. Not only is Northern Goshawk rare, but especially in the middle of an urban area. Plus, this appears to be a Cooper's Hawk. I've removed the photo. Natureguy1980 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:27, 29 November 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Shouldn't a search of "goose hawk" or "goosehawk" redirect here? common mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.72.25.210 (talk) 19:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 09:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The IOC name for this species is Northern Goshawk, not Goshawk. We should change the page. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-raptors.html Natureguy1980 (talk) 03:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I witnessed what I believe is a Northern Goshawk take down a squirrel from a tree outside my home in northern Indiana (USA), which appears on the map attached to this article to be just within the range of their migratory zone for winter. I could be mistaken as I am not a bird expert by any means, but I've had others I know who claim to be more knowledgeable on the subject than myself comment they believe it to be a Goshawk. I'm offering for the public domain the photos I took a half hour later when I came back with my camera to find it still presiding over the kill, if others here agree it is a Goshawk. Cstseyin (talk) 05:27, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if it is a goshawk, I don't have my NA guide book with me, but it is a cool shot whatever species it is and should find a home somewhere. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

IT IS A YOUNG RED-TAILED HAWK....THE GOSHAWK HAVE DROP-FORMED POINTS ON THE BODY, AND CREAMY COLOUR ALLOVER, AND THE TAIL HAVE THICK BANDING, AND NOT SMALL LIKE THIS RED-TAIL............MEHRDAD PARSI

Book about TH White's experiences in keeping and training a goshawk. Non-fiction. Very well-written, recommended good read. "...The Goshawk (1951), an account of White's attempt to train a hawk in the traditional art of falconry". 92.15.11.100 (talk) 11:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the process of formatting and adding information to the references, I found that this one was listed under the wrong author name. Prof. Dr. G. Hummel was the dissertation supervisor (Betreur), and Karin Wendt the author. Noting it here in case anyone wondered. The abstract with the author's name is here; see the full text for Hummel's credit. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 08:58, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The range map presented is very incomplete, e.g. the species is very common in northwestern of Portugal all year-round. And in winter it is very common in Algarve (south of Portugal). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.132.86.9 (talk) 11:23, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This map is prepared according to IUCN and probably the same layer is used by HBW and by BirdLife. What to do? --SanoAK (talk) 10:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if the users who made significant edits to this page have considered nominating it for good article? It's extremely well referenced, nicely organized, I don't see why it couldn't be promoted to good article easily. If the lead is cleaned up a bit it could even pass for a featured article and get the attention that the efforts deserve. Mattximus (talk) 20:50, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article needs trimming - it currently contains over 115,000 characters of readable prose, and according to Wikipedia:Article size, articles that are over 100,000 characters "almost certainly should be divided". PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:35, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

….the picture called “juvenile Goshawk with prey in Helsinki” is not a Goshawk. It is a sparrowhawk. Notice how little it is in comparrison with the blackbird, and notice the Thin legs and notice the Big staring eye (a Goshawk has a more eagle-like face-apperence) 80.62.117.103 (talk) 23:23, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. There's also several photos of, and data / references relevant to, American Goshawk, that need to be removed with the recent species split, and American spellings that need converting to English spellings (e.g. 'behavior' → 'behaviour') as appropriate to an Old World species - MPF (talk) 00:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]