As nouns the difference between sparrowhawk and goshawk
is that sparrowhawk is the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds while goshawk is any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus, Accipiter.
sparrowhawk
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Alternative forms
* sparrow-hawk, sparrow hawk, (l), spar-hawk
Noun
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en noun)
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus , a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
Any of numerous other species of Accipiter'', that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble ''A. nisus .
; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius .
Derived terms
(terms derived from sparrowhawk)
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External links
* (Sparrowhawk)
* (Eurasian sparrowhawk)
* (American kestrel)
* (Accipiter nisus)
* (Falco sparverius)
* (Accipiter nisus)
* (Falco sparverius)
goshawk
Noun
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en noun)
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus, Accipiter .
Derived terms
* (
African goshawk)
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black goshawk)
* (
black-mantled goshawk)
* (
brown goshawk)
* (
chestnut-shouldered goshawk)
* (
Chinese goshawk)
* (
crested goshawk)
* (
dark chanting goshawk)
* (
eastern chanting goshawk)
* (
Fiji goshawk)
* (
vern,
Frances' goshawk)
* (
Gabar goshawk)
* (
grey-bellied goshawk)
* (
grey goshawk)
* (
grey-headed goshawk)
* (
vern,
Henst's goshawk)
* (
vern,
Meyer's goshawk)
* (
Moluccan goshawk)
* (
New Britain goshawk)
* (
northern goshawk)
* (
pale chanting goshawk)
* (
pied goshawk)
* (
red-chested goshawk)
* (
red goshawk)
* (
spot-tailed goshawk)
* (
Sulawesi goshawk)
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white-bellied goshawk)
