Northern Goshawk · Accipiter gentilis · (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Subspecies

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

720 foreground recordings and 125 background recordings of Accipiter gentilis . Total recording duration 10:38:25.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:30 B Whyte 2022-06-02 19:30 United Kingdom Clunas, Highland Council, Scotland 260 alarm call, begging call [sono] discuss icon
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XC728885
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:39 Baltasar Pinheiro 2021-04-10 10:00 Sweden Uppsala, Uppsala län 40 call [sono] discuss icon
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XC637803
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:02 Bart Gras 2014-03-02 12:38 Netherlands Uden - Maashorst Slingerpad 30 song [sono] discuss icon
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XC199775
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 2:35 Bart Gras 2013-08-02 08:08 Netherlands Uden - Maashorst Begrazingsgebied 30 begging call

2 juveniles begging for food while the parents are hunting in the forest.

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XC199777
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:04 Bastian Forkel 2022-03-27 10:00 Germany Neustadt bei Coburg, Oberfranken, Bayern 340 call [sono] discuss icon
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XC711344
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:20 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2010-06-10 08:27 Germany forest S, Hagenheim (near Hofstetten), Landsberg/Lech, Oberbayern, Bayern 700 begging call

at least three young Accipiter gentilis, "Ästlinge", call from different directions in that forest aerea, where they were grown up. Now, in 2022, this breeding place doesn't exist since years

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XC738553
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:31 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-03-23 09:12 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd, Hofstetten (near Landsberg), Upper Bavaria, Bavaria 700 call

temperature above 0°C, birds in the forest are very active. The Accipiters probably a pair, very excited. Series of male calls. In 00:11 and 00:12 two female bird calls.

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XC631168
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:33 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-02-07 07:56 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd (near Hofstetten), Landsberg, Oberbayern, Bayern 700 call

a lot of shorter male call series. In 00:30 and 01:06 female call. At the end Bullfinch and Blue Tit sing

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XC629031
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:05 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-03-08 16:32 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd (near Hofstetten), Landsberg, Oberbayern, Bayern 700 call, typical call serie

cut of a longer recording

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XC629030
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:02 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-03-08 16:37 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd (near Hofstetten), Landsberg, Oberbayern, Bayern 700 call, typical call serie

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XC629028
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:23 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2018-10-21 07:21 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd, Hofstetten (near Landsberg), Upper Bavaria, Bavaria 700 call, flight call

a very restless Accipiter (same as in XC440320, I think) moving through and going round in circles over the forest and calling, nearly all the time I was present.

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XC440323
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:44 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2018-10-18 07:22 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd, Hofstetten (near Landsberg), Upper Bavaria, Bavaria 700 call, flight call

a very restless Accipiter, moving through and going round in circles over the forest and calling, nearly all the time I was present (about one hour). Pitch level some accelerating

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XC440310
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:01 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-03-08 16:37 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd (near Hofstetten), Landsberg, Oberbayern, Bayern 700 call, typical call serie

cut of a longer recording

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XC629027
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:02 Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin 2021-02-07 07:44 Germany Hagenheimer Wald Süd, Hofstetten (near Landsberg), Upper Bavaria, Bavaria 700 call

short serie of calls. Weather misty, grey, cold

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XC620512
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:29 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-04-08 07:29 France Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 140 call

Audiomoth

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XC545862
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:31 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-04-06 10:59 France Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 130 call

Audiomoth, food pass ?

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XC543711
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 2:18 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-04-06 09:50 France Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 130 call

Audiomoth

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XC543706
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 7:36 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-04-06 09:17 France Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 130 call

Audiomoth, rain

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XC543700
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:37 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-04-09 07:10 France Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 130 call

Audiomoth

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XC543650
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:11 Benoît Van Hecke 2020-03-01 07:00 France Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 130 call

Audiomoth

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XC537407
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:52 Bernard BOUSQUET 2015-03-03 10:30 France Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine 220 call

Calls recorded at about 10:30 am in a big forest (Oaks, Beeches). Not seen bird.

Determination confirmed by Henk Krajenbrink and Willem-Pier Vellinga.

Originally a mystery recording. See the forum.

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XC215431
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:03 Bernard BOUSQUET 2015-02-18 11:30 France Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine 220 call

Calls recorded at about 11:30 am in a big forest (Oaks, Beeches). Not seen bird. Probably a bird of prey. Accipiter gentilis ? Thank you in advance for your help. Bernard

Originally a mystery recording. See the forum.

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XC215570
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:22 Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 2021-03-20 13:59 China Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai Shi 10 song

Captive bird

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XC654035
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:04 Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 2021-01-29 08:07 China Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai Shi 10 song

Captive bird

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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1:04 Bobby Wilcox 2016-07-11 09:30 United States Nevada (near Winnemucca), Humboldt County, Nevada 2000 call

About 30m away, location inexact due to sensitivity of species. Same birds as XC369692. Amplified and 96hz high pass filter with Audacity.

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XC369693
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:42 Bobby Wilcox 2016-07-11 09:30 United States Nevada (near Winnemucca), Humboldt County, Nevada 2000 call

About 30m away, location inexact due to sensitivity of species. Amplified and 96hz high pass filter with Audacity.

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XC369692
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:55 Bobby Wilcox 2015-07-06 17:30 United States Nye County, Nevada 3100 call

This one one of the adults, I believe the female, likely calling in response to our presence near 2 adult-sized juveniles. The bird was probably about 30m away. About halfway through the recording it gives one double note call that is somewhat reminiscent of a Red-shouldered Hawk and then issues a few single note calls.

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XC256181
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:04 Bodo Sonnenburg 2024-03-31 10:55 Germany Dahme-Spreewald (near Heidesee), Brandenburg 60 alarm call [sono] discuss icon
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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:12 Bram Vogels 2020-04-24 00:00 Belgium Kalmthout, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen 20 call, drumming [sono] discuss icon
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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 0:03 Bram Vogels 2018-09-01 00:00 Belgium Kalmthout, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen 20 alarm call

Goshawk with prey, attacked by a peregrin falcon.

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XC445274