sparrow hawk

English

Alternative forms

• sparrow-hawk, sparrowhawk

American sparrow hawk

Eurasian sparrow hawk

Noun

sparrow hawk (plural sparrow hawks)

1. The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
2. Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World accipiters, that prey on smaller birds.

Translations

Accipiter nisus — see Eurasian sparrowhawk

Falco sparverius — see American kestrel

Further reading

• Sparrow hawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• American kestrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Falco sparverius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Falco sparverius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “sparrow hawk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.