Profile
In flight
Birds of Prey
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
- uncommon
- 40 km/h
- Least Concern
The ghost of the forest. Falconers have flown them for a thousand years; nothing else flies harder.
- Population
- About 1–2.5 million individuals
- Habitat
- Mature coniferous, deciduous, and mixed forest
- Fun fact
- Its stealthy gray flight through forest has earned it the nickname gray ghost.
- Range
- Holarctic forests across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Diet
- Medium-sized birds, squirrels, hares, and rabbits
- Size
- 0.58 m
- Wingspan
- 1.05 m
- Lifespan
- 19 years
