Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
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Male capturing Common Starling
Front view of bird of prey with barred underparts, yellow eyes and hooked bill
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Clade:	Afroaves
Superorder:	Accipitrimorphae
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Subfamily:	Accipitrinae
Tribe:	Accipitrini
Genus:	Accipiter
Species:	A. nisus
Binomial name
Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
A. n. granti A. n. melaschistos A. n. nisosimilis A. n. nisus A. n. punicus A. n. wolterstorffi
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Range of A. nisus      Breeding summer visitor range     Resident year-round range     Non-breeding winter visitor range

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. File:Accipitriformes diversity.png This article is part of Project Accipitriformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each diurnal raptor, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Accipitridae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each accipitrid, including made-up species.