shikran.
/ˈʃɪkrə/ A small Indian hawk, Astur badius, sometimes used in falconry.
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1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 83 Accipiter dukhunensis, Sykes..Chiquera or Shikra H.; the male chipka.—Common sparrow-hawk.
1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 83 The Shikra is very commonly reclaimed.
1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus ii. 15 The Shikrah and her tiercel the Chipak are our common English sparrow-hawks.
1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. iv. 157 Astur badius, the Shikra,..is blue-grey [etc.].
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