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;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] minullus | ;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] minullus | ||
[[Image:Little_Sparrowhawk.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by rudydbn<br/>Location: Mkhuze, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa]] | [[Image:Little_Sparrowhawk.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by rudydbn<br/>Location: Mkhuze, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa]] | ||
| − | + | [[Image:29534Little_Sparrowhawk_GarethH.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature Little Sparrowhawk<br>Photo by GarethH<br>Rooihuiskraal, Centurion, South Africa]] | |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
23–27 cm. Grey with lightly barred underparts. | 23–27 cm. Grey with lightly barred underparts. | ||
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Southern, central and eastern [[Africa]]: [[Cameroon]] through [[Central African Republic]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] to [[Somalia]], and south to [[South Africa]]. | Southern, central and eastern [[Africa]]: [[Cameroon]] through [[Central African Republic]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] to [[Somalia]], and south to [[South Africa]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Falco minullus Daudin, 1800, Gamtoos River, South Africa. Monotypic. | + | ''Falco minullus'' Daudin, 1800, Gamtoos River, South Africa. Monotypic. |
''Accipiter minullus'' has 2 subspecies: | ''Accipiter minullus'' has 2 subspecies: | ||
Latest revision as of 20:12, 5 July 2008
Alternative name: African Little Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter minullus
Identification
23–27 cm. Grey with lightly barred underparts.
Distribution
Southern, central and eastern Africa: Cameroon through Central African Republic, Sudan and Ethiopia to Somalia, and south to South Africa.
Taxonomy
Falco minullus Daudin, 1800, Gamtoos River, South Africa. Monotypic.
Accipiter minullus has 2 subspecies:
- A. m. minullus; and
- A. m. tropicalis.
Habitat
Woodland and forest.
Behaviour
Diet includes small bats, lizards, and insects.
It builds a small stick nest of twigs lined with green leaves, high in a tree fork. Two eggs are laid and incubated for 31 days; fledging about 26 days.
References
Lepage D. 2008. Avibase. Search for "Little Sparrowhawk" downloaded 30 May 2008.
