Shikra

The shikra, or little banded goshawk, is a small hawk about 26 to 30cm long with short rounded wings and a long narrow tail. It has grey upperparts and whitish underparts finely barred rufous; males have red irises and the slightly larger females yellowish-orange. It is usually seen alone or in pairs, with a flap-and-glide flight, and drongos imitate its calls (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives in forests, farmland and towns and eats rodents, squirrels, small birds, lizards and insects, including small bats at dusk. In India it breeds from March to June; both sexes build a platform nest, with usually three or four eggs incubated for 18 to 21 days. It has six subspecies and was moved from Accipiter to Tachyspiza. The source does not name Nepal (Wikipedia, general species account).