Frances's Sparrowhawk
Accipiter francesiae - Épervier de Frances
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Accipiter
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Species:
francesiae
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 35 cm
- Wingspan: 40 à 54 cm.
- Weight: 102 à 185 g
Geographic range
Identification
Frances's Sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Accipiter francesiae francesiae (Madagascar)
- Accipiter francesiae griveaudi (Grande Comoro I.. Comoro Is..)
- Accipiter francesiae pusillus (Anjouan. Comoro Is..)
- Accipiter francesiae brutus (Mayotte. Comoro Is..)
Foreign names
- Épervier de Frances,
- Gavilán de Frances,
- gavião-lagarto,
- Echsensperber,
- Frances-héja,
- Madagaskarshikra,
- Astore di Frances,
- franceshök,
- Billehauk,
- jastrab bledoprsý,
- krahujec Francesin,
- Rødbåndet Spurvehøg,
- madagaskarinvarpushaukka,
- esparver de Frances,
- krogulec malgaski,
- Мадагаскарский ястреб,
- シロハラハイタカ,
- 马岛鹰,
- 馬達加斯加鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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