Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Red-thighed Sparrowhawk

Accipiter erythropus

The Red-thighed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) is a 111 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

111 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Nigeria, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Uganda.

Photo: (c) Lionel CASSET, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist