Accipiter minullus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 758 meters (2,487 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Accipiter minullus (Daudin, 1800)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Accipiter

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 86 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. albogularis albogularis (Pied Goshawk) · A. badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. badius badius (Little Banded Goshawk) · A. bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. bicolor bicolor (Bicoloured Sparrow Hawk) · A. brachyurus (New Britain Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. brevipes (Levant Sparrow Hawk) · A. buergersi (Chestnut-Shouldered Goshawk) · A. butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. butleri butleri (Nicobar Sparrowhawk) · A. castanilius (Chestnut-Bellied Sparrow Hawk) · A. chionogaster (White-Breasted Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrhocephalus cirrhocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cirrocephalus cirrocephalus (Australian Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. collaris (Semi-Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. cooperi (Big Blue Darter) · A. cooperii (Big Blue Darter) · A. erythrauchen (Grey Moluccan Collared Sparrow Hawk) · A. erythronemius (Rufous Thighed Hawk) · A. erythropus (Western Little Sparrowhawk) · A. erythropus erythropus (Red-Thighed Sparrow Hawk) · A. fasciatus (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. fasciatus fasciatus (Australian Goshawk) · A. fasciatus natalis (Christmas Island Nighthawk) · A. francesiae (Frances' Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii francesii (Frances' Sparrow Hawk) · A. francesii pusillus (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. gentilis (Eurasian Goshawk) · A. gentilis apache (Apache Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis atricapillus (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis gallinarum (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis gentilis (Northern Goshawk) · A. gentilis laingi (Northern Goshawk) · A. griseiceps (Sulawesi Crested Goshawk) · A. gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gularis gularis (Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk) · A. gundlachi (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. gundlachii (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. gundlachi gundlachi (Gundlach's Hawk) · A. haplochrous (New-Caledonia Sparrow Hawk) · A. henicogrammus (Moluccan Goshawk) · A. henstii (Henst's Goshawk) · A. imitator (Imitator Sparrow Hawk) · A. luteoschistaceus (Slaty-Backed Goshawk) · A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Sparrow Hawk) · A. melanochlamys (Black Mantled Goshawk) · A. melanoleucus (Black Sparrow Hawk) · A. melanoleucus melanoleucus (Great Sparrow Hawk) · A. meyerianus (Meyer's Goshawk) · A. minullus (African Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. minullus minullus (African Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. nanus (Celebes Little Sparrow Hawk) · A. nisus (Northern Sparrow Hawk) · A. nisus nisus (Northern Sparrow Hawk) · A. novaehollandiae (White Goshawk) · A. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (White Goshawk) · A. ovampensis (Ovampo Sparrow Hawk) · A. poliocephalus (New Guinea Grey-Headed Goshawk) · A. poliogaster (Gray-Bellied Hawk) · A. princeps (New Britain Grey-Headed Goshawk) · A. radiatus (Doria's Goshawk) · A. rhodogaster (Vinous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. rhodogaster rhodogaster (Vinous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. rufitorques (Fiji Goshawk) · A. rufiventris (Red-Breasted Sparrowhawk) · A. rufiventris rufiventris (Rufous-Breasted Sparrow Hawk) · A. soloensis (Chinese Sparrowhawk) · A. striatus (Slate-Colored Hawk) · A. striatus perobscurus (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus striatus (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus suttoni (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. striatus velox (Sharp-Shinned Hawk) · A. superciliosus (Tiny Sparrow Hawk) · A. tachiro (African Goshawk) · A. tachiro tachiro (African Goshawk) · A. toussenelii (Red-Chested Goshawk) · A. trinotatus (Spot-Tailed Sparrow Hawk) · A. trivirgatus (Asian Crested Goshawk) · A. trivirgatus trivirgatus (Asian Crested Goshawk) · A. ventralis (Plain-Breasted Hawk) · A. virgatus (Bersa Sparrow Hawk) · A. virgatus virgatus (Besra Sparrow Hawk)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 496.
• A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey): comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution / London: Priv. print. for the author, 1922. url .
• A synoptical list of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) Comprising species and subspecies, described up to 1919, with their characters and distribution, by H. Kirke Swann. London, J. Wheldon, 1920. url p. 33.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 346.
• Birds / by A.H. Evans. London: Macmillan, 1899 (1909 printing). url p. 589.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 504, p. 507, p. 515, p. 74.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 160, p. 161.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 81 1937 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url index, p. 397-413, page 397, p. 46.
• Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874- url p. 124.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 140.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 336.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 155, p. 91, p. 94.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 120, p. 133, p. 158, p. 51, p. 102, p. 99.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 19.
• Gun and camera in southern Africa; a year of wanderings in Bechuanaland, the Kalahari Desert, and the Lake River country, Ngamiland, London: E. Stanford, 1893. url p. 67.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1010, p. 979.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 103, p. 141, p. 148, p. 177, p. 200, p. 365, p. 4, p. 424, p. 471, p. 495, p. 681, p. 700.
• Kloof and karroo: Sport, legend and natural history in Cape Colony, with a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of antelopes and larger game. By H.A. Bryden... London and New York: Longmans, Green and co., 1889. url p. 153.
• List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum. London: Printed by the order of the Trustees, 1848-1856. url p. 73.
• Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. Manchester: The Society, 1888-1980. url p. 24.
• Notes on the birds of Damara Land and the adjacent countries of South-west Africa. London, J. van Voorst, 1872. url .
• Notes on the birds of Damara land and the adjacent countries of the south-west Africa. By the late Charles John Anderson. .. Arranged and edited by John Henry Gurney, with some additional notes by the editor, and and introductory chapter containing a sketch of the author's life, abridge London, J. van Voorst1872. url p. 31.
• Ornithological synonyms. By the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. .. Ed. by Mrs. Hugh E. Strickland and Sir W. Jardine. .. Vol. I. Accipitres. London, J. Van Voorst, 1855. url p. 113.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 134, p. 2, p. 305, p. 305, p. 805.
• Sir Andrew Smith's Miscellaneous ornithological papers. Ed. by Osbert Salvin. .. London: [Printed by H. Cox], 1880. url p. 226, p. 281.
• Sketches of South African bird-life. By Alwin Haagner. .. and Robert H. Ivy. .. Illustrated by the camera. London, R. H. Porter; [etc., etc.]1908. url , p. 261, p. 95.
• The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url .
• The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 54.
• The art and practice of hawking, London, Methuen, 1900. url .
• The birds of South Africa, London, R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url .
• The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 348, p. 348.
• The natural history of South Africa; mammals, by F. W. Fitzsimons. London, Longmans, Green and co., 1919-20. url p. 76.
• The odyssey of an animal collector / Introd. by G. M. Vevers. New York: Longmans, Green, 1954 [c1953] url p. 365.
• Travels in the interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen years' hunting and trading; with journeys across the continent from Natal to Walvis Bay, and visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls. By James Chapman. Illustrated with maps and numerous engravings. London: Bell & Daldy, 1868. url p. 392.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 27, p. 28.
• Zoologist. London.1843-1916 url p. 4472.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Accipiter minullus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 27, 2007:

• BeBIF Provider, Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8555
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175332
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13834965
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175332
• IUCN ID: 188317
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133838

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 708.880 based on 30 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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