Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Little Sparrowhawk

Accipiter minullus

The Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) is an 87 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

87 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

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

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist