At Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa, showing ventral and dorsal plumage
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Accipiter
Species:
A. minullus
Binomial name
Accipiter minullus
(Daudin, 1800)[2]
Subspecies[3]
A. m. tropicalis - Reichenow, 1898
A. m. minullus - (Daudin, 1800)
Synonyms[4]
Accipiter buttikoferi Sharpe 1888
Falco minullus Daudin, 1800
Juvenile little sparrowhawk - Onrus, Hermanus, South Africa
The little sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) is a species of Afrotropical bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the smallest member of the genus Accipiter and forms a superspecies with the red-thighed sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus).
^BirdLife International. (2016). "Accipiter minullus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695581A93517052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695581A93517052.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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