Madagascan sparrowhawk

The Madagascan sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Madagascan sparrowhawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species:
A. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Accipiter madagascariensis
Smith, 1834

It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

It may form a superspecies with Eurasian sparrowhawk (A. nisus) and rufous-chested sparrowhawk (A. rufiventris) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Accipiter madagascariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ferguson-Lees, James and David A. Christie (2001) Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London. pp. 578–581. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1


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