What is the meaning of Sparrowhawk?

A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.

  1. A female such bird, a male being a musket.

A female such bird, a male being a musket.

Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.

Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

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