#1213 · 🐦 birds

Levant Sparrowhawk

🇳🇱 Balkansperwer ·Tachyspiza brevipes

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © dimitriskokkinidis · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Marcel Holyoak · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © egorbirder · CC BY 4.0
4. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Stanislav Cherepushkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Алина Урусова · CC BY 4.0
8. © Евгений Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Levant sparrowhawk ( Tachyspiza brevipes ) is a small bird of prey. It measures 32–38 cm (13–15 in) in length with a wingspan of 65–75 cm (26–30 in). The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with Eurasian sparrowhawk. The adult male is blue-grey above, with dark wingtips, and barred reddish below.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,211iNaturalist observations
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).