Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus - Épervier d'Europe
Description identification
Subspecific information 7 subspecies
- Accipiter nisus nisus (Europe to sw Siberia and c Asia)
- Accipiter nisus nisosimilis (nw Siberia to n China and Japan)
- Accipiter nisus dementjevi (Pamir-Alai to Tien Shan Mts. c Asia.)
- Accipiter nisus melaschistos (e Afghanistan to sw China)
- Accipiter nisus wolterstorffi (Corsica and Sardinia)
- Accipiter nisus punicus (nw Africa)
- Accipiter nisus granti (Madeira and Canary Is.)
Foreign names
- Épervier d'Europe,
- Gavilán común,
- gavião-eurasiático,
- Sperber,
- karvaly,
- Sperwer,
- Sparviere,
- sparvhök,
- Spurvehauk,
- jastrab krahulec,
- krahujec obecný,
- Spurvehøg,
- varpushaukka,
- esparver comú,
- Sparrhaukur,
- krogulec (zwyczajny),
- zvirbuļu vanags,
- skobec,
- Перепелятник,
- ハイタカ,
- 雀鹰,
- เหยี่ยวนกกระจอกใหญ่,
- 北雀鷹〔雀鷹〕,
Habitat
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes