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Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).—Karl H. Maslowski Any of
the more powerful accipiters (hawks in the genus Accipiter),
primarily short-winged, forest-dwelling bird catchers. Best
known is the northern goshawk, which reaches about 2 ft (60 cm)
in length with a 4.3-ft (1.3-m) wingspread and has finely barred
gray plumage. Long used for falconry, the goshawk takes game as
large as foxes and grouse. In the wild it lives in temperate to
northern forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere, though it
has become rare in the British Isles and is declining in North
America. Several other species are found in the Southern
Hemisphere. This entry comes from Encyclopædia Britannica
Concise. For the full entry on goshawk, visit Britannica.com.