Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) - HBW 2, p. 162
French: Autour noir
German: Mohrenhabicht
Spanish: Azor Blanquinegro
Other common names: Great Sparrowhawk, Black/Pied Goshawk, Black-and-white Sparrowhawk/Goshawk
Taxonomy: Accipiter melanoleueus [sic] A. Smith, 1830, South Africa.
May form superspecies with A. gentilis, A. henstii and even A. meyerianus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- temminckii (Hartlaub, 1855) - Senegambia E to Gabon, Congo and Central African Republic.
- melanoleucus A. Smith, 1830 - E Sudan and N & W Ethiopia; Gabon and Zaire E to Kenya and S to Angola and South Africa; Pemba and Zanzibar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult of the melanistic morph drinking in an almost dry river. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp melanoleucus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 5 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
An adult of the melanistic morph in a tree, looking around. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp melanoleucus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
An adult of the melanistic morph perched in the forest. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp melanoleucus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
An adult of the melanistic morph in a tree. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp melanoleucus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 5 years ago 40 sec 3.6 -
An adult perched and looking around Locality Serikwa Lodge, Kenya (ssp melanoleucus)
Marc de Bont 1 January 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3.3
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Black Sparrowhawk caught Cattle Egret in my garden and was feeding on it very relaxed for ca. 30 min.
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Theo Buchholz 19 July 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Black Sparrowhawk caught Cattle Egret in my garden in Tulbagh
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Theo Buchholz 19 July 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
Black Sparrowhawk had caught Cattle Egret in my garden in Tulbagh and is feeding very relaxed on it
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Theo Buchholz 19 July 2010 1 year ago 2.9 -
A Juvenile bird
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 21 March 2008 24 weeks ago 2.8
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