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Photo by mehdhalaouate
North Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2005

Alternative name: Small Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nanus

Identification

23-28 cm. Small very dumpy sparrowhawk

upper parts steel grey
chest peachy orange/vinous becoming paler on belly
belly to undertail coverts white or whitish
thighs white
feet, legs chrome yellow
eye and eye ring chrome yellow (eye may be orangy)
cere dull yellowish, not prominent
bill dark
upper wings dark
under wings largely white but with black primaries (wing tips to as far as coverts on outer most primaries). Black trailing edge to wing. Sparse spotting/horizontal bars from inner primaries across other flight feathers
under tail may appear pale with dark bands or more uniformly greyish (depending on lighting)
upper tail dark with scarcely visible darker bands

Sulawesi endemic. South East Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sundas. In montane forests.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Moist lowland forests and moist montanes.

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Dwarf Sparrowhawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dwarf_Sparrowhawk

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