The red-thighed sparrowhawk, also known as the red-legged sparrowhawk or western little sparrowhawk, is a species of sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae, found in western and northern central Africa. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Classification
Living or Extinct Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Red-thighed sparrowhawk (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Red-thighed sparrowhawk (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q114500 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Accipiter, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
View the Source 3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Accipiter erythropus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 3249Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 3249
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4. Red-thighed sparrowhawk (Wikipedia)
5. Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 bird functional traits (BirdFuncDat)
Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: accipiter erythropus
4742 Nonpasseriformes Accipitriformes Accipitridae "Osprey, kites, hawks and eagles" 36 BL3 Accipiter erythropus Red-thighed Sparrowhawk 40 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VertFishScav Ref_2 A Jennifer 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 1 Jessica 0 111.2 Dunning08 1
BirdFuncDat.txt row Accipiter erythropus, Nocturnal column
Accipiter erythropus Red-thighed Sparrowhawk 40 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VertFishScav Ref_2 A Jennifer 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 1 Jessica 0
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