Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Subspecies (6)
Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 28, 2014
Text last updated August 28, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Gjeraqina e shkurtës |
| Arabic | باشق اوراسي |
| Armenian | Լորաճուռակ |
| Asturian | Gabilñn comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik qırğı |
| Basque | Gabirai arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Малък ястреб |
| Catalan | esparver comú |
| Chinese | 北雀鷹 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 雀鹰 |
| Croatian | kobac |
| Czech | krahujec obecný |
| Danish | Spurvehøg |
| Dutch | Sperwer |
| English | Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
| Faroese | Spurvaheykur |
| Finnish | varpushaukka |
| French | Épervier d'Europe |
| French (France) | Épervier d'Europe |
| Galician | Gabián común |
| German | Sperber |
| Greek | Ξεφτέρι |
| Hebrew | נץ מצוי |
| Hungarian | Karvaly |
| Icelandic | Sparrhaukur |
| Indonesian | Elang-alap erasia |
| Italian | Sparviere |
| Japanese | ハイタカ |
| Kannada | ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಗಿಡುಗ |
| Korean | 새매 |
| Latvian | Zvirbuļu vanags |
| Lithuanian | Paukštvanagis |
| Malayalam | യൂറേഷ്യൻ പ്രാപ്പിടിയൻ |
| Mongolian | Морин харцага |
| Norwegian | spurvehauk |
| Persian | قرقی |
| Polish | krogulec |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gavião |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Fura-bardos |
| Romanian | Uliu păsărar |
| Russian | Перепелятник |
| Serbian | Kobac |
| Slovak | jastrab krahulec |
| Slovenian | Skobec |
| Spanish | Gavilán Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gavilán común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gavilán Chico Euroasiático |
| Swedish | sparvhök |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวนกกระจอกใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Atmaca |
| Ukrainian | Яструб малий |
Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Falco Nisus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.92.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 24.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ACCIPITER
- nisus
- Nisus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk
