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Within the family Accipitridae, the Eurasian sparrowhawk is a member of the large genus Accipiter, which consists of small to medium-sized woodland hawks.Most of the Old World members of the genus are called sparrowhawks or goshawks. [2]
Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the subfamily Accipitrinae. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus, now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowhawk to distinguish it from other species.
Photos, audio and video of American kestrel from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library "American Kestrel media". Internet Bird Collection. American Kestrel – Falco sparverius – USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter; American Kestrel photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
The black sparrowhawk (Astur melanoleucus), sometimes known as the black goshawk or great sparrowhawk, is a bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae.It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.
Accipiter (/ æ k ˈ s ɪ p ə d ə r /) is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.Most species are called sparrowhawks, but there are many sparrowhawks in other genera too, such as Tachyspiza.
The rufous-breasted sparrowhawk is in the family Accipitridae, and is a part of the genus Accipiter, which contains sparrowhawks, goshawks, and other small woodland hawks. Within this genus it forms a superspecies with the Eurasian sparrowhawk ( A. nisus ) and possibly the Madagascar sparrowhawk ( A. madagascariensis ) (Ferguson-Lees and ...
Sparrowhawks rely on stealth and surprise to catch their prey, hunting in flight or bursting from a concealed perch among foliage. [10] Most prey weighs less than 100 g and sometimes over 200 g. It forages by short-stay perch hunting from a concealed position in foliage, punctuated by short tree-to-tree, often undulating flights. [ 10 ]
The Levant sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brevipes) is a small bird of prey.It measures 32–38 cm (13–15 in) in length with a wingspan of 65–75 cm (26–30 in). The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with Eurasian sparrowhawk.