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Eurasian Sparrowhawk

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25380
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Summary

Eurasian Sparrowhawk is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,319 views/month, #1,059 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Accipiter[5]
  • Taxon name: Accipiter nisus[6]
  • Commons category: Accipiter nisus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Accipiter nisus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Accipiter nisus[9]
  • Main food source: bird[10], insect[11], squirrel[12]
  • Described by source: Der Sperber[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15]
  • Original combination: Falco nisus[16]
  • Has characteristic: carnivore[17]
  • Short name: A. nisus[18]
  • Taxon common name: Eurasian Sparrowhawk[19], Sperber[20], Épervier d’Europe[21], Gavilán común[22], Sparviere[23], Sperwer[24], Spurvehøg[25], Spurvehauk[26], Перепелятник[27], ハイタカ[28], varpushaukka[29], krahujec obecný[30], karvaly[31], gwalch glas[32]

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Identifiers

Eurasian Sparrowhawk's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 211598[33]. Eurasian Sparrowhawk's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515822[34]. Eurasian Sparrowhawk's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480637[35]. Eurasian Sparrowhawk's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175333[36].

Why It Matters

Eurasian Sparrowhawk has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4634
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01609313-n
    Interlingual index id → i43746
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  3. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q96377276
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → bird, insect, squirrel
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.67'}
    Original combination → Falco nisus
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4'}
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