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

Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Accipiter*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Falco gentilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Accipiter strigonii*	auct.	subjective 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.

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

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)

English-United States: Goshawk; Northern Goshawk sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: hønsehauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 89

Norwegian Nynorsk: hønsehauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 89

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
GenBank (101 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159104

Drs Cees Roselaar. Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96715