tomatofamily

wonder if it is crested goshawk, taken over Mai Po wetland on 30/10/2013



Thanks in advance.

Eric

9Wi

Looks like Eurasian Sparrowhawk to me.

pitarhk

Besra 松雀鷹

HFCheung

5 fingers, so Crested Goshawk and Eurasian Sparrowhawk are ruled out.

ajohn

It's not large/bulky enough for Crested Gos. The pattern is wrong for Eurasian (face too dark, no pale supercilium).

I would say that this is a Japanese Sparrowhawk. The wings don't look broad enough for Besra, and the tail looks fairly short. It also looks like a small bird (but difficult to be sure how small).

tomatofamily

Thanks for all the input.  Sorry that due to the poor image for it be difficult to judge from.  I attach herewith some other images (the first one with a cormorant for compare the distance and the size; the rest of its flying style blowed up 100%) to see if it is worth to pursue.