Accipiter
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Accipiter nisus
See also: accipiter
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin accipiter (“hawk”).
Proper noun
Accipiter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – goshawks, sparrow hawks.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order; Accipitridae – family; Acciptrinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Accipiter nisus (Eurasian sparrowhawk) - type species
- Accipiter albogularis
- Accipiter badius
- Accipiter bicolor
- Accipiter brachyurus
- Accipiter brevipes
- Accipiter butleri
- Accipiter castanilius
- Accipiter chilensis
- Accipiter chionogaster
- Accipiter cirrocephalus
- Accipiter collaris
- Accipiter cooperii
- Accipiter erythrauchen
- Accipiter erythronemius
- Accipiter erythropus
- Accipiter fasciatus
- Accipiter francesiae
- Accipiter gentilis
- Accipiter griseiceps
- Accipiter gularis
- Accipiter gundlachi
- Accipiter haplochrous
- Accipiter henicogrammus
- Accipiter henstii
- Accipiter hiogaster
- Accipiter imitator
- Accipiter luteoschistaceus
- Accipiter madagascariensis
- Accipiter melanochlamys
- Accipiter melanoleucus
- Accipiter meyerianus
- Accipiter minullus
- Accipiter nanus
- Accipiter novaehollandiae
- Accipiter ovampensis
- Accipiter poliocephalus
- Accipiter poliogaster
- Accipiter princeps
- Accipiter rhodogaster
- Accipiter rufitorques
- Accipiter rufiventris
- Accipiter soloensis
- Accipiter striatus
- Accipiter superciliosus
- Accipiter tachiro
- Accipiter toussenelii
- Accipiter trinotatus
- Accipiter trivirgatus
- Accipiter ventralis
- Accipiter virgatus
References
Accipiter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Accipiter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Accipiter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
