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Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in the New World (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the common buzzard [1]).
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. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below.
The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) [2] is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. It is a member of the genus Buteo [2] in the family Accipitridae. [2] The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of the Palearctic as far as northwestern China (), far western Siberia and northwestern Mongolia.
Collared sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Tachyspiza cirrocephala (Vieillot, 1817) 151 New Britain sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Tachyspiza brachyura (Ramsay, EP, 1880) 152 Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Tachyspiza rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) 153 Madagascar sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux, J, 1833: 154 Ovambo ...
Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the subfamily Accipitrinae. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus , now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowhawk to distinguish it from other species.
The palm-nut vulture is an unusual frugivorous accipitrid, but will also consume fish, particularly dead fish Shikra Accipiter badius in Hyderabad, India Oriental honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus. Accipitrids are predominantly predators and most species actively hunt for their prey. Prey is usually captured and killed in the powerful talons of ...
The females are slightly larger. The mesial stripe on the throat is dark but narrow. In flight the male seen from below shows a light wing lining (underwing coverts) and has blackish wing tips. When seen from above the tail bands are faintly marked on the lateral tail feathers and not as strongly marked as in the Eurasian sparrowhawk.
Kaupifalco – lizard buzzard Aerospiza – sparrowhawk, goshawks (3 species, formerly in Accipiter) Tachyspiza – goshawks, sparrowhawks (27 species, formerly in ...