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Subfamily of birds
Shikra
Accipiter badius feeding on a garden lizard in
Hyderabad, India .
The Accipitrinae are the
subfamily of the
Accipitridae often known as the "true" hawks, including all members of
Accipiter and the closely related
genera
Erythrotriorchis , and
Megatriorchis . The large and widespread genus Accipiter includes
goshawks ,
sparrowhawks , the
sharp-shinned hawk and others. They are primarily
woodland
birds that hunt by sudden dashes from a concealed perch, with long tails, broad wings and high visual acuity facilitating this lifestyle. In light of recent
genetic research , the
kites of the traditional subfamily
Milvinae may also belong to this group.
Hawks, including the accipitrines, are believed to have vision several times sharper than
humans , in part because of the great number of
photoreceptor cells in their
retinas (up to 1,000,000 per square mm, against 200,000 for humans), a very high number of
nerves connecting the receptors to the
brain , and an indented
fovea , which magnifies the central portion of the
visual field .
Species in taxonomic order
Subfamily Accipitrinae
Genus
Accipiter
African goshawk , A. tachiro (
Daudin , 1800)
American goshawk , A. atricapillus (
Wilson , 1812)
Besra , A. virgatus (
Temminck , 1822)
Bicolored hawk , A. bicolor (
Vieillot , 1817)
Black sparrowhawk , A. melanoleucus
Smith, A , 1830
Brown goshawk , A. fasciatus (
Vigors &
Horsfield , 1827)
Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk , A. castanilius
Bonaparte , 1853
Chinese sparrowhawk , A. soloensis (
Horsfield , 1821)
Christmas goshawk , Accipiter fasciatus natalis
Collared sparrowhawk , A. cirrocephalus (
Vieillot , 1817)
Cooper's hawk , A. cooperii (
Bonaparte , 1828)
Crested goshawk , A. trivirgatus (
Temminck , 1824)
Dwarf sparrowhawk , A. nanus (
Blasius, W , 1897)
Eurasian sparrowhawk , A. nisus (
Linnaeus , 1758)
Eurasian goshawk , A. gentilis (
Linnaeus , 1758)
Fiji goshawk , A. rufitorques (
Peale , 1849)
Frances's sparrowhawk , A. francesiae
Smith, A , 1834
Grey goshawk , A. novaehollandiae (
Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Grey-bellied hawk , A. poliogaster (
Temminck , 1824)
Grey-headed goshawk , A. poliocephalus
Gray, GR , 1858
Gundlach's hawk , A. gundlachi
Lawrence , 1860
Henst's goshawk , A. henstii (
Schlegel , 1873)
Imitator sparrowhawk , A. imitator
Hartert, EJO , 1926
Japanese sparrowhawk , A. gularis (
Temminck &
Schlegel , 1845)
Levant sparrowhawk , A. brevipes (
Severtsov , 1850)
Little sparrowhawk , A. minullus (
Daudin , 1800)
Madagascar sparrowhawk , A. madagascariensis
Verreaux, J , 1833
Moluccan goshawk , A. henicogrammus (
Gray, GR , 1861)
Meyer's goshawk , A. meyerianus (
Sharpe , 1878)
New Britain goshawk , A. princeps
Mayr , 1934
New Britain sparrowhawk , A. brachyurus (
Ramsay, EP , 1880)
Nicobar sparrowhawk , A. butleri (
Gurney, JH Jr , 1898)
Ovambo sparrowhawk , A. ovampensis
Gurney, JH Sr , 1875
Pied goshawk , A. albogularis
Gray, GR , 1870
Plain-breasted hawk , A. ventralis
Sclater, PL , 1866
Red-chested goshawk , A. toussenelii (
Verreaux, J ,
Verreaux, É &
des Murs , 1855)
Red-thighed sparrowhawk , A. erythropus (
Hartlaub , 1855)
Rufous-chested sparrowhawk , A. rufiventris
Smith, A , 1830
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk , A. erythrauchen
Gray, GR , 1861
Rufous-thighed hawk , A. erythronemius (
Kaup , 1850)
Sharp-shinned hawk , A. striatus
Vieillot , 1808
Shikra , A. badius (
Gmelin, JF , 1788)
Slaty-mantled sparrowhawk , A. luteoschistaceus
Rothschild &
Hartert, EJO , 1926
Spot-tailed sparrowhawk , A. trinotatus
Bonaparte , 1850
Sulawesi goshawk , A. griseiceps (
Kaup , 1848)
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk , A. rhodogaster (
Schlegel , 1862)
White-bellied goshawk , A. haplochrous
Sclater, PL , 1859
Genus
Erythrotriorchis
Genus Megatriorchis
Several genera or species formerly classified in this subfamily, such as
Micronisus ,
Urotriorchis ,
Microspizias , and
Circus , have since been moved out of Accipitrinae following phylogenetic studies. In contrast, other genera such as
Lophospiza have since been reclassified into Accipitrinae.
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Hawks and humans
Hawks are sometimes used in
falconry , a sport in which trained
birds of prey are flown at small
game for
sport .
References
^ Starikov, I. J.; Wink, M. (2020).
"Starikov, I. J., & Wink, M. (2020). Old and Cosmopolite: Molecular Phylogeny of Tropical–Subtropical Kites (Aves: Elaninae) with Taxonomic Implications" . Diversity . 12 (9).
doi :
10.3390/d12090327 .
^ Sangster, George; Kirwan, Guy M.; Fuchs, Jérôme; Dickinson, Edward C.; Elliott, Andy; Gregory, Steven M. S. (2021-02-08).
"A new genus for the tiny hawk Accipiter superciliosus and semicollared hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the crested goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi goshawk A. griseiceps" . Vertebrate Zoology . 71 : 419–424.
doi :
10.3897/vz.71.e67501 .
ISSN
2625-8498 .
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