Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Science Article 1 abstract The Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) is a typical raptor with reversedsexual size dimorphism wherein the female is larger than the male. Here, wepresent the factors contributing to biometric differences between the age andsex classes. REUVEN YOSEF, AND LORENZO FORNASARI, ISRaeL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. […]
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MIGRANT LEVANT SPARROWHAWKS (ACCIPITER BREVIPES) AT ELAT, ISRaeL: MEASUREMENTS AND TIMING
Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Science Article 2 abstract We banded 218 migrating Levant Sparrowhawks (Acdpiter brevipes) in the course of a raptorbanding project in Elat, Israel during the spring of 1996. To our knowledge, this is the largest sample examined in a single season. WILLIAM S. CLARK and Reuven Yosef, j. Raptor Res.3 1 (4):317-320 […]
Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Accipiter brevipes | [authority] Severtsov, 1850 | [UK] Levant Sparrowhawk | [FR] Epervier a pieds courts | [DE] Kurzfang-Sperber | [ES] Gavilan griego | [NL] Balkansperwer Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Accipiter brevipes EU sw Genus Members of the genus Accipiter are small and medium-sized hawks, often […]