Sparrowhawk
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Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the genus Accipiter. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus, now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowhawk to distinguish it from other species.
The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), a North American falcon species, is also commonly referred to as a sparrowhawk.
Hawk species include:
- Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk, A. castanilius
- Collared sparrowhawk, A. cirrocephalus
- Eurasian sparrowhawk, A. nisus
- Chinese sparrowhawk, A. soloensis
- Spot-tailed sparrowhawk, A. trinotatus
- Japanese sparrowhawk, A. gularis
- Levant sparrowhawk, A. brevipes
- Little sparrowhawk, A. minullus
- Madagascar sparrowhawk, A. madagascariensis
- New Britain sparrowhawk, A. brachyurus
- Nicobar sparrowhawk, A. butleri
- Ovampo sparrowhawk, A. ovampensis
- Black sparrowhawk, A. melanoleucus
- Red-thighed sparrowhawk, A. erythropus
- Rufous-chested sparrowhawk, A. rufiventris
- Rufous-necked sparrowhawk, A. erythrauchen
- Slaty-mantled sparrowhawk, A. luteoschistaceus
- Dwarf sparrowhawk, A. nanus
- Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk, A. rhodogaster
- Frances's sparrowhawk, A. francesii
- Anjouan sparrowhawk, or Ndzuwani goshawk Accipiter francesii pusillus, an extremely rare, possibly extinct, subspecies of Frances's sparrowhawk
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