Sparrowhawk
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[edit] Birds
Sparrowhawk (sometimes Sparrow Hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the genus Accipiter. These include:
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk, A. castanilius
- Collared Sparrowhawk, A. cirrocephalus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk, A. nisus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk, A. soloensis
- Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk, A. trinotatus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk, A. gularis
- Levant Sparrowhawk, A. brevipes
- Little Sparrowhawk, A. minullus
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk, A. madagascariensis
- New Britain Sparrowhawk, A. brachyurus
- Nicobar Sparrowhawk, A. butleri
- Ovampo Sparrowhawk, A. ovampensis
- Black Sparrowhawk, A. melanoleucus
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk, A. erythropus
- Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, A. rufiventris
- Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk, A. erythrauchen
- Slaty-mantled Sparrowhawk, A. luteoschistaceus
- Dwarf Sparrowhawk, A. nanus
- Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk, A. rhodogaster
- Frances's Sparrowhawk, Accipiter francesii
- Anjouan Sparrowhawk, or Ndzuwani Goshawk Accipiter francesii pusillus, an extremely rare, possibly extinct, subspecies of Frances's Sparrowhawk
- American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, often called a 'Sparrowhawk' or 'Sparrow Hawk'
- Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides, may be called a 'Sparrowhawk' on Norfolk Island
[edit] Ships
- HMS Sparrowhawk, the name of several ships belonging to the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
- Sparrow-Hawk, an English ship that wrecked on Cape Cod in New England in 1626, and is currently owned by the Pilgrim Hall Museum
[edit] Aircraft
- Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk, a light biplane fighter aircraft, formerly carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and USS Macon
- Gloster Sparrowhawk british single seat fighter aircraft
- Soko J-20 Kraguj (English: Soko J-20 Sparrowhawk), Yugoslavian light ground-attack and training aircraft
- Windward Performance SparrowHawk, a high-performance ultralight sailplane
- Sparrowhawk, the call sign given to civilian aircraft carrying members of the British Royal Family or which has 'royal flight' status
[edit] Other uses
- Operation Epervier (English: Operation Sparrowhawk) (1986–present), codename for the French military presence in Chad
- Sparrowhawk Media, British media company
- Sparrowhawk, a series of novels by Edward Cline
- The common name of Ged (Earthsea), main protagonist in the Earthsea novels by Ursula Le Guin
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