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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Little Sparrowhawk* |
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Accipiter minullus |
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Description (10)
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Little Sparrowhawk
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Other Names (World)
Little Sparrowhawk, African Little Sparrowhawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
28 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland, mangroves.
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Lesotho.
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Southern Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa and west to Angola and Namibia.
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)
Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) [XC296197]
by Daniel Danckwerts from Choma, Southern, Zambia (call)
Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) [XC298412]
by Daniel Danckwerts from Choma, Southern, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Red-legged Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus), and sometimes considered conspecific.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- tropicalis Reichenow, 1898 - Southern Somalia coastally to eastern Mozambique.
- minullus (Daudin, 1800) - Forests and thornscrub of eastern and southern Africa.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Little Sparrowhawk see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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