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Accipiter nisus (Linnaus, 1758)
Synonym:
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Falconiformes
English: Eurasian sparrowhawk
French: Épervier d'Europe
Spanish: Gavilán común
German: Schlegelsperber (There's a German version of this page!)
Norwegian: Spurvehauk / Spurvehøk (There's a Norwegian version of this page!)
Migration: partial, intracontinental
Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia

map about the distribution of Accipiter nisus 

“Migratory in northernmost parts of Europe and in most of Asia; partially migratory in C Europe; sedentary in S of range. Various C European countries receive N migrants, some of their breeding birds possibly migrating further S, reaching Mediterranean countries; most migration actually from NE to SW. Few migrants reach Africa, although some birds winter in N Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, occasionally S to Kenya and Tanzania. Siberian population winters in S & SE Asia.”
del Hoyo J & Elliot A & Sargatal J (eds) (1994), Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl, p. 158

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