Spain
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Ojen Valley
Andalucia
10Sept2013
Widespread in temperate and
subtropical Old World...female
25% larger than male.
subtropical Old World...female
25% larger than male.
Accipiter nisus
(m: L 11-13" WS 23-25" Wt 3.6-6.9 oz
f: L 14-16" WS 26-31" Wt 6.5-12.1 oz)
Accipiter in Latin means hawk; nisus in
Latin means sparrowhawk; in Greek
myth. Nisus, is the son on Pandion
who was changed into a hawk after his
city hae been betrayed to Minos of
Crete by his own daughter, Scylla.
Latin means sparrowhawk; in Greek
myth. Nisus, is the son on Pandion
who was changed into a hawk after his
city hae been betrayed to Minos of
Crete by his own daughter, Scylla.
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