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Adult females are significantly larger than adult males, and weigh around 90 percent more.

The gabar goshawk is generally considered to be sedentary.  The small platform nest is typically made from thin twigs and positioned high up in the tree canopy and is protected from predators by branches and the dense green foliage. The female usually between 2 to 4 eggs and they are colored blue, which are incubated for a little over a month before hatching. The Gabar Goshawk is a monogamous bird.

Small birds form the bulk of the gabar goshawk's diet, with small mammals, reptiles and insects also taken on occasion. Prey is typically flushed from trees and caught following an energetic and persistent chase. Alternatively, the gabar goshawk hunts from the perch, swooping down to catch prey off the ground or in flight.  It then killed and torn into small pieces and eaten.  The diet includes small mammals such as rabbits, field mice and other rodents. It also eats insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants.

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