Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Accipiter brevipes (Severtzov, 1850) Family: Accipitridae Order: Falconiformes Back
Levant sparrowhawk Kurzfangsperber Épervier ŕ pieds courts Gavilán griego
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC 2 threat status R)
Migration: intercontinental winter quarters not well known

Accipiter brevipes

Migratory. Most birds leave areas in Sept and return in Apr or early May; believed to winter in sub-Saharan Africa, but winter quarters on Africa not well known. Migrants concentrate around Bosporus, E Black Sea and especially Israel, where there are peaks during very short periods in second half of Apr and of Sept, and large groups can form; crossing point between Asia and Africa probably at Gulf of Suez. Some nocturnal migration recorded, with birds using flapping flight.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Europe, North Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/levantsparrowhawk.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations