Astur gentilis
            
               (m-L 18-22" WS 35-41" Wt 1.1-2.6 lb)
            
               (f-L 23-27" WS 43-50" Wt 1.8-4.9 lb)
          
         
            
               Vitosha Mountain
            
               12May2015
          
         
            
               In much of temperate Europe, Asia
               and No. America...fiercely defends
               against people and other animals.
          
         
            
               Goshawks have a bad reputation:
               moody, sulky, vicious.
            
               (Lev Grossman)
          
         
            
               Astur in Latin means
hawk;
               gentilis is Latin for noble.
          
         
         
            
               © Charles
               Duncan
            
               Macaulay
            
               Library