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The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below.
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.
Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Madagascar sparrowhawk. Accipiter madagascariensis (Smith, 1834) Madagascar Size: Habitat: Diet: NT 3,300–6,700 [10] Ovambo sparrowhawk. Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, 1875: Sub-Saharan Africa: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC [11] Eurasian sparrowhawk. Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Formerly called "sparrowhawk", a misnomer as it is a true falcon and is unrelated genetically to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus. [citation needed] It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove. It also ranges to South America and is a well ...
The Accipitridae are a diverse family with a great deal of variation in size and shape. They range in size from the tiny pearl kite ( Gampsonyx swainsonii ) and little sparrowhawk ( Accipiter minullus ), both of which are 23 cm (9 in) in length and weigh about 85 g (3 oz), to the cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus ), which measures up to 120 ...
Aerospiza – sparrowhawk, goshawks (3 species, formerly in Accipiter) Tachyspiza – goshawks, sparrowhawks (27 species, formerly in Accipiter ) Erythrotriorchis – goshawks (2 species)
The black sparrowhawk is one of the world's largest hawks, only the Henst's, Meyer's and Eurasian goshawk can match or exceed its size. As is common in the genus Astur, male black sparrowhawks are smaller than females. Typically the weights of males lie between 450 and 650 g (0.99 and 1.43 lb) while that of females lies in the 750 to 1,020 g (1 ...
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is a widespread predator A sick and dying individual, apathetic and unresponsive to touch. Predators of the Eurasian tree sparrow include a variety of accipiters, falcons and owls, such as the Eurasian sparrowhawk, [48] common kestrel, [52] little owl, [53] [54] and sometimes long-eared owl and white stork.