Levant Sparrowhawk
Tachyspiza brevipes(Severtsov, NA, 1850)
English (US) Levant Sparrowhawk
The Levant Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brevipes) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: breeds Balkans to Russia; winters to northeastern Africa and Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachyspiza brevipes
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Described by
- (Severtsov, NA, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Astur brevipes
- Described by
- (Severtsov, NA, 1850)
- Type locality
- Voronezh Province, Russia.
- Original description
- Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 23 no.3 p.234 pl.1,2,3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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