Subspecies:sparverius recorded in Britain (of 17 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
55 cm
Weight:
M/F: 120 g
Scientific name from:
L.: falco=falcom (from falcis=sickle, ref hooked talons)
and L.: sparverius=sparrowhawk
World Distribution:
North & Central America, South America except Amazonia
Habitat:
Desert, scrub, farmland, towns
Diet:
Arthropods and small vertebrates
TitBit:
In winter in many southern parts of the range, female and male birds use different habitats, the females migrate south first and occupy open areas, leaving the males to settle in more wooded areas
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Fair Isle, 1976
(Taylor, A.M. 1981. British Birds 74:199-203.)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
2
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Shetland
(1976),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Cornwall
(1976),
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Cudyll Coch America
Danish:
Amerikansk tårnfalk
Dutch:
Amerikanse Torenvalk
Finnish:
Amerikantuulihaukka
French:
Crécerelle d'Amérique
German:
Buntfalke
Hungarian:
Amerikai vércse
Icelandic:
Skrúðfálki
Irish:
Italian:
Gheppio americano
Norwegian:
Spurvefalk
Polish:
Pustulka amerykanska
Portuguese:
Peneireiro-americano
Spanish:
Cernícalo americano
Swedish:
Amerikansk tornfalk
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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