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Index of animals with the same common name From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 American kestrel (Falco sparverius), a North American falcon species, is also commonly referred to as a "sparrow hawk".
Sparrowhawk species include:
Common name | Scientific | Range |
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Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk | Aerospiza castanilius | Africa |
Collared sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza cirrocephalus | Australia |
Eurasian sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Europe/Asia |
Chinese sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza soloensis | Asia |
Spot-tailed sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza trinotatus | Indonesia |
Japanese sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza gularis | Japan |
Levant sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | Africa Europe Asia |
Little sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus | Africa |
Madagascar sparrowhawk | Accipiter madagascariensis | Madagascar |
New Britain sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brachyurus | Papua New Guinea |
Nicobar sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza butleri | Nicobar Islands |
Ovampo sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | Sub-saharan Africa |
Black sparrowhawk | Astur melanoleucus | Sub-saharan Africa |
Red-thighed sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythropus | Africa |
Rufous-chested sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | Sub-saharan Africa |
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythrauchen | Maluku Islands |
Slaty-mantled sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza luteoschistaceus | Papua New Guinea |
Dwarf sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza nanus | Sulawesi |
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza rhodogaster | Sulawesi |
Frances's sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza francesii | Madagascar |
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