#0609 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

🇳🇱 Sperwer ·Accipiter nisus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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 female is up to 25% larger than the male – one of the largest differences between the sexes in any bird species. Though it is a predator which specialises...

base stats

NL sightings 694iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 55,141iNaturalist observations
weight 290 gadult, up to
lifespan 4 yrmaximum recorded
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).