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- The species' name dates back to the Middle English word sperhauk and Old English spearhafoc, a hawk which hunts sparrows. The Old Norse name for the Eurasian sparrowhawk, sparrhaukr, was thought to have been coined by Vikings who encountered falconry in England.
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Sparrowhawks are small birds of prey. They're adapted for hunting birds in confined spaces like dense woodland, so gardens are ideal hunting grounds for them. Adult male Sparrowhawks have a bluish-grey back and wings and orangey-brown stripes on their chest and belly.
This fierce bird of prey is a woodland species, but will come into close contact with people when it visits garden bird feeders for an easy meal. Sparrowhawks are widespread across Britain and Ireland, with a population that has completely recovered from a deep decline caused by the use of organochlorine pesticides in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below.
The sparrowhawk is one of our smallest birds of prey, the male being somewhere between a blackbird and a collared dove in size. The female is larger, up to the size of a feral pigeon. Sparrowhawks are excellent bird hunters, catching small species like finches, sparrows and tits; sometimes they ambush their prey from a perch, while other times ...
Dec 16, 2020 · An eleventh-century Anglo-Saxon artist and Benedictine monk, called Spearhafoc disappeared with the gold and jewels that he had been given to make into the crown for King Edward the Confessor, never to be seen again. The sparrowhawk has had an on-off relationship with humans for centuries.
Quick facts. Common name: sparrowhawk. Scientific name: Accipiter nisus. Family: Accipitridae (hawks and eagles) Habitat: dense woodland, gardens, cities and suburban areas. Diet: small birds. Predators: no natural predators. Origin: native.
Sparrowhawk, any of various small birds of prey usually of the genus Accipiter (family Accipitridae), classified with the goshawks as “accipiters,” or true hawks. They eat small birds such as sparrows, small mammals, and insects.
