Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

雀鹰

IUCN: Least Concern China: Level II Found in China

Taxonomy

Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Accipiter
eBird Code
eurspa1

Subspecies (7)

  • Accipiter nisus dementjevi

    breeds Pamir-Alai to Tien Shan Mountains (central Asia); winter range requires elucidation

  • Accipiter nisus granti

    Madeira and Canary Islands

  • Accipiter nisus melaschistos

    Himalayas and mountains of central Asia

  • Accipiter nisus nisosimilis

    breeds northwestern Siberia to northern China and Japan; winters to southwestern, central, eastern Asia

  • Accipiter nisus nisus

    breeds Europe to Türkiye and Siberia; winters to Africa

  • Accipiter nisus punicus

    northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia)

  • Accipiter nisus wolterstorffi

    Corsica and Sardinia

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