Sparrowhawk
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Sparrowhawk or variants may refer to:
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[edit] Birds
Sparrowhawk (sometimes Sparrow Hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the genus Accipiter. These include:
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk, A. castanilius Collared Sparrowhawk, A. cirrocephalus Eurasian Sparrowhawk, A. nisus Imitator Sparrowhawk, A. imitator Indian Sparrowhawk, Resident of Deosai National Park Japanese Sparrowhawk, A. gularis Levant Sparrowhawk, A. brevipes Little Sparrowhawk, A. minullus Madagascar Sparrowhawk, A. madagascariensis New Britain Sparrowhawk, A. brachyurus Nicobar Sparrowhawk, A. butleri Ovampo Sparrowhawk, A. ovampensis Red-thighed Sparrowhawk, A. erythropus Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, A. rufiventris Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk, A. erythrauchen Slaty-mantled Sparrowhawk, A. luteoschistaceus Small Sparrowhawk, A. nanus Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk, A. rhodogaster Frances's Sparrowhawk, Accipiter francesii, also known as Frances' Goshawk
Anjouan Island Sparrowhawk, or Ndzuwani Goshawk Accipiter francesii pusillus, an extremely rare, possibly extinct, subspecies of Frances's Sparrowhawk
American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, often incorrectly called a 'Sparrowhawk' or 'Sparrow Hawk' Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides, may be called a 'Sparrowhawk' on Norfolk Island[edit] Ships
HMS Sparrowhawk, the name of several ships belonging to the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
[edit] Aircraft
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk, a light biplane fighter aircraft, formerly carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and USS Macon Soko J-20 Kraguj (English: Soko J-20 Sparrowhawk), Yugoslavian light ground-attack and training aircraft Windward Performance SparrowHawk high-performance ultralight sailplane Sparrowhawk, the call sign given to civilian aircraft carrying members of the British Royal Family or which has 'royal flight' status.
[edit] Other uses
Operation Epervier (English: Operation Sparrowhawk) (1986–present), codename for the French military presence in Chad Sparrowhawk Media, British media company Sparrowhawk, a series of novels by Edward Cline The common name of Ged (Earthsea), main protagonist in the Earthsea novels by Ursula Le Guin In Starfleet Battles and Starfleet Command, this was a class of Romulan light cruiser.
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