Little Sparrowhawk
Accipiter minullus - Épervier minule
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Accipiter
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Species:
minullus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 27 cm
- Wingspan: 39 à 52 cm.
- Weight: 68 à 105 g
Geographic range
Identification
Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Accipiter minullus minullus (Ethiopia to Angola and South Africa)
- Accipiter minullus tropicalis (s Somalia coastally to e Mozambique)
Foreign names
- Épervier minule,
- Gavilancito chico,
- gavião-pequeno,
- Zwergsperber,
- törpehéja,
- Oost-Afrikaanse Dwergsperwer,
- Sparviere minore,
- dvärghök,
- Dverghauk,
- jastrab krahulček,
- krahujec nejmenší,
- Afrikansk Spurvehøg,
- afrikanvarpushaukka,
- Kleinsperwer,
- esparver menut africà,
- krogulec skromny,
- Африканский малый перепелятник,
- アフリカツミ,
- 非洲小雀鹰,
- 小雀鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes