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

*Accipiter*	Brisson, 1760	accepted 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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2004-05-07 by Drs Cees Roselaar

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