Levant sparrowhawk [SEP] parent taxon
Levant sparrowhawk
The Levant sparrowhawk ("Accipiter brevipes") is a small bird of prey. It measures in length with a wingspan of . The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with Eurasian sparrowhawk. The adult male is blue-grey above, with dark wingtips, and barred reddish below.
The adult female is slate-grey above with darkish wingtips. She is barred reddish brown below, and may show a dark throat line. The juvenile is dark brown above
sparrowhawk, "A. cirrocephalus"
- Eurasian sparrowhawk, "A. nisus"
- Chinese sparrowhawk, "A. soloensis"
- Spot-tailed sparrowhawk, "A. trinotatus"
- Japanese sparrowhawk, "A. gularis"
- Levant sparrowhawk, "A. brevipes"
- Little sparrowhawk, "A. minullus"
- Madagascar sparrowhawk, "A. madagascariensis"
- New Britain sparrowhawk, "A. brachyurus"
- Nicobar sparrowhawk, "A. butleri"
- Ovampo sparrowhawk, "A. ovampensis"