Dwarf Sparrowhawk

Small Sparrowhawk
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Accipiter
Species:	A. nanus
Binomial name
Accipiter nanus (Blasius, 1897)

The Small Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nanus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Buton. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and to a lesser degree lowland forests. It closely resembles the fellow Wallacean Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk, but is still thought to be most closely related to Besra^[2]. All this makes it rather difficult to identify and thus possibly under-recorded. It is one of the smallest members of its family (length approximately 25cm/10in). Hunts insects and small birds.

It is threatened by habitat loss. There are not many verified recordings of this species, but it is known to occur at least in Lore Lindu National Park.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Accipiter nanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 February 2009.
2. ^ James Ferguson-Lees & David Christie (2005). Raptors of the world. Christopher Helm. London, UK.

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