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This was due to a mistaken connection with the Eurasian sparrowhawk in the genus Accipiter. The sixth edition of the AOU Checklist corrected this, officially renaming the bird American kestrel. Several other colloquial names for the kestrel are also in use, including grasshopper hawk, due to its diet, and killy hawk, due to its distinct call. [9]
Diane Ketterling, owner of Furever Friends Animal Rescue in Choctaw, Oklahoma, loves her rescued animals like they're her own pets. She dedicates her whole life to the wellbeing of the animals ...
The scissor-tailed flycatcher is the state bird of Oklahoma.. This list of birds of Oklahoma includes species documented in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and accepted by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society's Bird Records Committee (OBRC).
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.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 landmark 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Falco nisus, [6] but moved to its present genus by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [7] The current scientific name is derived from the Latin accipiter, meaning 'hawk', and nisus, the sparrowhawk. [8]
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR), a haven for migratory birds and other wildlife, lies in northwestern Grayson County, Texas, on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma, on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. [1] This National Wildlife Refuge is made up of water, marsh, and upland habitat. Visitors can hike, observe wildlife, hunt, and ...
The story of Tuffy, a baby red-tailed hawk who was kidnapped by a family of bald eagles, has come to a sad end following a failed rescue attempt. Bay Area birdwatchers mourn the failed rescue of ...
Sparrowhawk is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] The population was 202 as of the 2020 Census , [ 4 ] up from the population of 191 reported as of the 2010 census , at which time the CDP was known as Scraper . [ 5 ]