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    The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae...
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    genus Accipiter was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The type species is the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). The...
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  • Nisus (1805), a Palinure-class brig of the French Navy Nisus Writer, a word processor for the Apple Macintosh Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus,...
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    Shikra (redirect from Accipiter badius)
    The shikra (Accipiter badius) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the...
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    Its plumage is more variable than that of the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), which is probably due to higher genetic variability in the larger...
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  • Sparrowhawk (category Accipiter)
    several species of small hawk in the genus Accipiter. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus, now called "Eurasian" or "northern"...
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    true falcon and is unrelated genetically to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus.[citation needed] It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies...
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    ecology and niche `1qdifferentiation in goshawk (Accipiter gentilis L.) and sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus L.) (Doctoral dissertation, [Sl]: PFM Opdam). Veldkamp...
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    include: kite (Milvus milvus), sparrowhawk or sparhawk (Accipiter nisus), goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), kestrel (Falco tinninculus), hobby (Falco subbuteo)...
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    Accipiter in all respects. This species tends to be active earlier in the morning than sharp-shinned hawks and Eurasian sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus)...
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