{"id":122816,"date":"2026-09-04T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=122816"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:19:19","slug":"northern-goshawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/northern-goshawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Goshawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Northern Goshawk Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a rare hawk Northern Goshawk which is Punjab\u2019s State Bird has created a flutter in the poll ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Northern Goshawk<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a large, powerful bird of <\/span><b>prey belonging to the Accipitridae family.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is widely distributed across <\/span><b>Europe, Asia, and parts of North America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in dense forests, particularly <\/span><b>coniferous and mixed woodlands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status: IUCN Red List: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Northern Goshawk<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has relatively short, broad wings and a long tail. Females are significantly larger than males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>partial migrants,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generally migrating between September and November and February to April in the spring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>birds are diurnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are always found singly or in pairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>highly territorial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and maintain their home ranges in display flights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are powerful <\/span><b>hunters and mainly use a perch-hunting style;<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Perch-hunting style<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes a series of quick flights low to the ground, interspersed with brief periods of scanning for unsuspecting prey from elevated perches (short duration sit-and-wait predatory movements).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/political-pulse\/gurus-baaz-punjabs-state-bird-rare-hawk-creates-a-flutter-in-poll-ring-10862343\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Goshawk is a large, powerful bird of prey belonging to the Accipitridae family. 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