Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Falconiformes > Suborder Accipitri > Superfamily Accipitroidea > Family Accipitridae > Genus Accipiter

Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Accipiter*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Falco gentilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Accipiter strigonii*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Accipiter gentilis arrigonii (Kleinschmidt, O., 1903)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjeraqina sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Голям ястреб sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: duehøg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: havik sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: goshawk; northern goshawk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: autour des palombes sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Habicht sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Διπλοσάϊνο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: נץ גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: vištvanagis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hønsehauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: hønsehauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: jastrząb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: ястреб-тетеревятник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kragulj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: azor común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: duvhök sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: cayir kusu; çayır kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Яструб великий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwalch marthin

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.