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Accipiter nisus

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Noun1.Accipiter nisusAccipiter nisus - small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
sparrow hawk
hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
Accipiter, genus Accipiter - type genus of the family Accipitridae


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IN RESPONSE to WP Richards' letter "Birds Scared Away" (October 8), the sparrowhawk accipiter nisus is natively a woodland and hillside bird, albeit now commonly found widespread.
Magnificent birds; YourSay by Birmingham Mail (England)
in Lansdowne Terrace East, Newcastle, around noon yesterday to see the Sparrowhawk, Latin name Accipiter nisus.
Down to earth by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
2) Carduelis spinus 79 1 1 (1) Pyrrhula pyrrhula 55 8 5 (9) Carduelis chloris 73 5 5 (7) Carduelis cannabina 26 1 1 (4) Carpodacus erythrinus 55 1 1 (2) Emberiza schoeniclus 54 1 1 (2) Troglodytes troglodytes 500 33 17 (3) Acrocephalus palustris 30 1 1 (3) Other Accipiter nisus 54 2 1 (2) Lanius collurio 169 7 2 (l) Dendrocopus major 83 8 1 (1) Hippolais icterina 87 15 2 (2) Sylvia atricapilla 170 8 7 (4) Sylvia borin 194 1 1 (0.
Migratory passerine birds as reservoirs of Lyme borreliosis in Europe by Bunikis, Jonas / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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