The little sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla) is a very small bird of prey of eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa, in the hawk and eagle family Accipitridae. It was long placed in the genus Accipiter but moved to Tachyspiza after a 2024 molecular study showed Accipiter was not a single lineage. Adults are 23 to 27 centimetres long with a wingspan of 39 to 50 centimetres; the male is dark grey above with a white throat and finely barred rufous underparts, and the female is browner. Two white spots on the central tail feathers and a white patch on the rump help identify it. It lives in woodland, scrub and suburban gardens, often along river valleys, and hunts small birds by ambush and a short dash. Two subspecies are recognised.
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The little sparrowhawk occurs in eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia south to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola, south as far as the eastern Western Cape in South Africa.
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The little sparrowhawk occurs in eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia south to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola, south as far as the eastern Western Cape in South Africa.
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The little sparrowhawk occurs in eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia south to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola, south as far as the eastern Western Cape in South Africa.
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The little sparrowhawk occurs in eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia south to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola, south as far as the eastern Western Cape in South Africa.
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is categorized as Least Concern on IUCN because they have adapted to co-exist with humans in high population areas.
Food Habits
eats mostly small birds
Habitat
lives in areas with a lot of ground cover, dense bushes, and undergrowth
Conservation Status, CITES
CITES Appendix II
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Distribution and habitat
The little sparrowhawk occurs in eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia south to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola, south as far as the eastern Western Cape in South Africa.
Child Taxon Of: Accipitridae, Lead
The little sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla) is a species of Afrotropical bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
In Group: Birds Of Prey (Raptors), Lead
The little sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla) is a species of Afrotropical bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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