Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

The Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is a 221 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

221 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

80

Recorded in Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Spain, Israel, Russia, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Estonia, Poland, India, Ireland, Czechia, Greece, Austria, China, Åland, Switzerland, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Isle of Man, Iran, Serbia, Croatia, Morocco, Romania, Palestine, Slovakia, Lithuania, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Nepal, Cyprus, Mongolia, Latvia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Armenia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Albania, Montenegro, Algeria, Thailand, GI, Tajikistan, North Macedonia, Andorra, Hong Kong, Bosnia and Herz., Iraq, Myanmar, XK, JE, Tunisia, Philippines, Malta.

Where to see it: Bardena · Galugah Raptor Count Site · سایت شمارش پرندگان شکاری (Iran); Forêt de Bouafroune (Algeria); Sakhalvasho Raptor Watchpoint (Georgia); Abraq Al-Habari (Kuwait); Mutla'a Ranch (Kuwait).

Photo: (c) Julia Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist