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| Accipiter badius, India | |
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| Subfamily: | Accipitrinae |
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Ahawk is a common term for a medium to large-sizedbirds of prey. Its usage varies in different places.
Accipitrine hawks generally take birds as their primaryprey. They have also been called "hen-hawks", or "wood-hawks" because of their woodland habitat. Within the hawk species, the female is generally larger than the male. Like most birds, the hawk migrates in the autumn and the spring.
They have manyphotoreceptors in theirretina, and an exceptional number ofnerves connecting the receptors to thebrain. There is an indentedfovea, which magnifies the central portion of thevisual field.[1][2]Hawks have always been known to have sharp vision and to be very able hunters.[3]
