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Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk

Index Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk

The chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius) is a small west African species of sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae. [1]

16 relations: Accipitridae, African goshawk, Beak, Cameroon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dorylus, Gabon, Megabat, Monotypic taxon, Nigeria, Red-chested goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Species, Upper Guinean forests.

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes (the others being Cathartidae, Pandionidae and Sagittariidae), are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.

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African goshawk

The African goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) is a species of African bird of prey in the genus Accipiter which is the type genus of the family Accipitridae.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.

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Cameroon

No description.

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Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French biologist and ornithologist.

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Congo Basin

The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

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Dorylus

Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to southern Africa and tropical Asia.

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Gabon

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa.

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Megabat

Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, and its only family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats).

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Red-chested goshawk

The red-chested goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) is a medium size hawk of West Africa.

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Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the genus Accipiter.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Upper Guinean forests

The Upper Guinean forests is a tropical seasonal forest region of West Africa.

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Redirects here:

Accipiter castanilius, Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-flanked_sparrowhawk

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