Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 (Eurasian sparrowhawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combination: Falco nisus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Accipiter according to M. Pavia et al. 2018

See also Clements et al. 2017, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002, Weesie 1988 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter efficax, Accipiter fasciatus, Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter haplochrous, Accipiter madagascariensis, Accipiter novaehollandiae, Accipiter quartus, Accipiter rufitorques, Accipiter striatus, Accipiter tachiro, Accipiter trivirgatus, Astur atricapillus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (5), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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