British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: GREEN
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Common in:
Also found in: Scrub, Arable Farmland, Pasture Farmland, Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Migration routes: ringing recoveries
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), CITES(II)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.55 ± 1.02 (2 - 9) N = 1407
Incubation:
33.16 ± 1.37 (30.5 - 36.5) N = 1407
by the:
Female
Fledging:
28.14 ± 3.27 (22 - 33.5) N = 2645
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
See trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
197.9 ± 6.7
Range
117.0 - 235.0 mm, (N = 893)
Female:
232.8 ± 7.5
Range
192.0 - 265.0 mm, (N = 382)
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
150.9 ± 16.41
Range
100.0 - 283.1 g , (N =681)
Female:
266.3 ± 41.42
Range
124.2 - 393.0 g , (N =248)
Seasonal:
Summer 177.7 ± 57.41 (N = 529)
Autumn 181.6 ± 55.57 (N = 521)
Winter 181.1 ± 53.58 (N = 1109)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Spurvehřg
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Spioróg
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Gavilán
Swedish:
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Newton, I. 1986 The sparrowhawk Poyser, Calton
[598.521 NEW]
van den Burg, A.B. & Newton, I. 2003 BWP Update 5:1-12
Newton, I. 1987 The Sparrowhawk Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
[Jour: S]
See Also:
Find scientific papers on
Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
BOU Register of Avian Theses entry
Order:
Accipitriformes
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