Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Family Accipitridae. Order Accipitriformes.
Photo: Eddy Van 3000 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Description
The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Traits
- Residency
- resident and nomadic
- Diet
- small birds
- Game species
- no — bird of prey
♪ Bird call
Recording: Steven Wilson
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Photographs
Johann Daniel Meyer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
Source: Wikipedia