Japanese Sparrowhawk

The Japanese sparrowhawk was formally described in 1845 by the zoologists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in Philipp Franz von Siebold's Fauna Japonica. They specified the scientific name Astur (Nisus) gularis, where Nisus was an alternative possible genus: it had been introduced by Georges Cuvier in 1800. The specific epithet gularis is Modern Latin meaning "of the throat" or "throated". The Japanese sparrowhawk was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The Japanese sparrowhawk typically inhabits many forest types such as deciduous, coniferous and mixed, at elevations up to 1800 meters but usually below 1000 meters. During migration and wintering, they can be seen in villages, and open areas where woodlands and shrubs mix with marshes and fields. The species can generally be found at its breeding grounds in eastern Russia, eastwards to Sakhalin, the Korean peninsula, Japan, and Northeastern China. (Wikipedia, general species account).