Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > Family Accipitridae > Genus Accipiter

Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AccipiterBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Falco nisus Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Children

Accipiter nisus granti Sharpe, 1890

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: gjeraqina e shkurtës; pitajku 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: Малък ястреб sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point
 Danish: Spurvehøg sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Sperwer sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Sparrowhawk sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Sparrowhawk sources: Charles Hussey
 Galician: Spioróg
 German: Sperber sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Κοινό Ξεφτέρι ; Ξεφτέρι sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Irish: Spioróg sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Israel (Hebrew): נץ מצוי sources: Hebrew PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: paukštvanagis sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: spurvehauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 92
 Norwegian Nynorsk: sporvehauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 92
 Slovenian: skobec sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Gavilán común sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: sparvhök
 Turkish: Atmaca sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Яструб малий sources: Ukraine PESI focal point
 Welsh: gwalch glas

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Citation

Drs Cees Roselaar. Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96716

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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Importance

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2004-05-07 by Drs Cees Roselaar

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