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
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A juvenile female feeding on a Collared Dove Northamptonshire, England, UK (ssp nisus)
Dave Jackson 31 August 2000 2 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
a second calandar year female in the garden watching for prey De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
wout van den brink 1 April 2007 29 weeks ago 16 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a juvenile. Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 August 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4.3 -
14 days old chicks at the nest Bærum, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp nisus)
Eric Roualet 14 June 2006 3 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A nest with chicks and an adult arriving and perching next to it; the mate can be heard calling in the background. Ussuriysk Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp nisosimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 June 2009 22 weeks ago 53 sec 4 -
A female on a tree Álava, Basque Country, Spain
Javier Ortas 16 February 2010 22 weeks ago 31 sec 4
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Mating Sparrow hawks Netherlands
Aat Bender 2 April 2010 16 weeks ago 4.7 -
Sparrowhawk ---> Woodcock confrontation on ice South Holland Province, Netherlands
Aat Bender 6 March 2005 19 weeks ago 4.5 -
Juvenile sunbathing Morayshire, Scotland, UK
Grant Swain 12 August 2009 49 weeks ago 4.5 -
Sparrowhawk preparing for diving. South Holland Province, Netherlands
Aat Bender 7 March 2010 19 weeks ago 4.3 -
Eurasian Sparrowhawk, juvenile on domestic rooftop with prey. Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK (ssp nisus)
Mark Andrews 19 July 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Eurasian Sparrowhawk, close-up view, 3cy female Leicestershire, England, UK (ssp nisus)
Mark Andrews 2 July 2009 1 year ago 4.3
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Calls of a juvenile Forest Gate, London, England, UK
(ssp nissus)
Stuart Fisher 1 August 2009 41 weeks ago 4 -
Alarm calls at roost Surrey, England, UK
(ssp nisus)
Stuart Fisher 2 January 2009 1 year ago 4
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