sparrow hawk
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editNoun
editsparrow hawk (plural sparrow hawks)
- The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
- Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World hawks in the subfamily Accipitrinae, that prey on smaller birds.
Translations
editAccipiter nisus — see Eurasian sparrowhawk
Falco sparverius — see American kestrel
Further reading
edit- Sparrow hawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- American kestrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Falco sparverius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Falco sparverius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “sparrow hawk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.