Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Black Sparrowhawk

Accipiter melanoleucus

The Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) is a 699 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

699 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, eSwatini, Mozambique, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Zambia.

Photo: (c) Paul Hoekman, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist