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 LC    Black Sparrowhawk* Id (Atlas):
    Accipiter melanoleucus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black Sparrowhawk, Black Goshawk, Great Sparrowhawk, Pied Goshawk, Black and white Sparrowhawk, Black and white Goshawk

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
46 - 58 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1830

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Gambia, Guinea-bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Niger, Somalia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) [XC509843]
     by Peter Boesman from East Usambara lowland forest, Tanga, Tanzania (call)

 
Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter) [XC467165]
     by from Arusha National Park, misc area, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
May form superspecies with Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Henst's Goshawk (Accipiter henstii) and even Meyer's Goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • temminckii (Hartlaub, 1855)   -  Senegambia east to Gabon, Congo and Central African Republic.
  • melanoleucus Smith, 1830   -  Eastern Sudan and northern and western Ethiopia; Gabon and Zaire east to Kenya and south to Angola and South Africa; Pemba and Zanzibar.



References
See References.


Files:
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