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Accipiter nisus (Eurasian sparrowhawk)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Falco nisus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Accipiter nisus by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Zelenkov et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017) and Pavia et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco nisus Linnaeus p. 92
1988Accipiter nisus Weesie p. 17 figs. Pl 2, figs 6-8
2002Accipiter nisus Mlikovsky p. 192
2008Accipiter nisus Zelenkov et al.
2017Accipiter nisus Clements et al.
2018Accipiter nisus Pavia et al. p. 35 fig. 2J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusAccipiterBrisson 1760
speciesnisus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian sparrowhawk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) Accipiter nisus (214536)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Accipiter nisus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Accipiter nisus (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Accipiter nisus (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Accipiter nisus (192949 192950 192951 192954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Accipiter nisus (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Accipiter nisus (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Accipiter nisus (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Accipiter nisus (194810)