Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) - HBW 2, p. 158
French: Épervier d'Europe
German: Sperber
Spanish: Gavilán Común
Taxonomy: Falco Nisus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes considered to include A. rufiventris. Forms superspecies with A. madagascariensis, A. rufiventris and perhaps the A. striatus complex. Birds from mountains of C Asia (Tien Shan) sometimes separated in race dementjevi; many other dubious races described. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe and Asia Minor E to W Siberia; winters S to NE Africa and Middle East.
- nisosimilis (Tickell, 1833) - C & E Asia; winters S to India, Sri Lanka and Indochina.
- melaschistos Hume, 1869 - Himalayas and mountains of C Asia.
- nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe and Asia Minor E to W Siberia; winters S to NE Africa and Middle East.
- nisosimilis (Tickell, 1833) - C & E Asia; winters S to India, Sri Lanka and Indochina.
- melaschistos Hume, 1869 - Himalayas and mountains of C Asia.
- wolterstorffi Kleinschmidt, 1901 - Corsica and Sardinia.
- granti Sharpe, 1890 - Madeira and Canary Is.
- punicus Erlanger, 1897 - NW Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a second calandar year female in the garden watching for prey Locality De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 1 April 2007 2 years ago 16 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile female feeding on a Collared Dove Locality Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain (ssp nisus)
Dave Jackson 31 August 2000 4 years ago 25 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a juvenile. Locality Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 August 2006 3 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A nest with chicks and an adult arriving and perching next to it; the mate can be heard calling in the background. Locality Ussuriysk Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp nisosimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 June 2009 2 years ago 53 sec 4.3 -
An immature female perched and preening Locality Frodsham Marsh, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (ssp nisus)
Greg Baker 16 September 2006 30 weeks ago 58 sec 4.2 -
14 days old chicks at the nest Locality Bærum, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp nisus)
Eric Roualet 14 June 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 4.1
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Sparrowhawk ---> Woodcock confrontation on ice
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Aat Bender 6 March 2005 2 years ago 4.8 -
Mating Sparrow hawks
Locality Netherlands
Aat Bender 2 April 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
ハイタカ（鷂、Accipiter nisus、英名:Eurasian Sparrowhawk）
Locality Japan
Ksan 14 weeks ago 4.5 -
A canarian Sparrowhawk
Locality Canary Islands
Rafael Zamora Padrón 20 October 2011 29 weeks ago 4.4 -
Sparrowhawk preparing for diving.
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Aat Bender 7 March 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Juvenile sunbathing
Locality Morayshire, Scotland, Great Britain
Grant Swain 12 August 2009 2 years ago 4.4
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Calls of a juvenile Locality Forest Gate, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp nissus)
Stuart Fisher 1 August 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Alarm calls at roost Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp nisus)
Stuart Fisher 2 January 2009 3 years ago 4
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