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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.
The type species is the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). [3] The name is Latin for "hawk", from accipere, "to grasp". [4] Procoracoid foramen.
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Tachyspiza rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) 153 Madagascar sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux, J, 1833: 154 Ovambo sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, JH Sr, 1875: 155 Eurasian sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) 156 Rufous-breasted ...
Wingspan can vary from 39 cm (15 in) in the little sparrowhawk to more than 300 cm (120 in) in the cinereous and Himalayan vultures (Gyps himalayensis). In these extreme species, wing chord length can range from 113 to 890 mm (4.4 to 35.0 in) and culmen length from 11 to 88 mm (0.43 to 3.46 in).
The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.
The females are slightly larger. The mesial stripe on the throat is dark but narrow. In flight the male seen from below shows a light wing lining (underwing coverts) and has blackish wing tips. When seen from above the tail bands are faintly marked on the lateral tail feathers and not as strongly marked as in the Eurasian sparrowhawk.
Aerospiza – sparrowhawk, goshawks (3 species, formerly in Accipiter) Tachyspiza – goshawks, sparrowhawks (27 species, formerly in Accipiter ) Erythrotriorchis – goshawks (2 species)