Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the subfamily Accipitrinae. All species in this genus are known as true hawks. Most species are known as goshawks or sparrowhawks.

Species

• bicolored_hawk (Accipiter bicolor)
• chilean_hawk (Accipiter chilensis)
• cooper's_hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - Also known as big blue darter, chicken hawk, flying cross, hen hawk, quail hawk, striker, and swift hawk.
• goshawk
• african_goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
• black-mantled_goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys)
• brown_goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
• crested_goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
• fiji_goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
• grey-bellied_hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) - Also known as the grey-bellied goshawk.
• grey_goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) - There is a white bodied variant known as white goshawk.
• grey-headed_goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus)
• henst's_goshawk (Accipiter henstii)
• imitator_goshawk (Accipiter imitator) - Also known as imitator sparrowhawk.
• meyer's_goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus)
• moluccan_goshawk (Accipiter henicogrammus) - Also known as Halmaheran goshawk.
• new_britain_goshawk (Accipiter princeps)
• northern_goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
• pied_goshawk (Accipiter albogularis)
• red-chested_goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii)
• shikra (Accipiter badius) - Also known as the little banded goshawk.
• slaty-mantled_goshawk (Accipiter luteoschistaceus)
• sulawesi_goshawk (Accipiter griseiceps)
• variable_goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster)
• white-bellied_goshawk (Accipiter haplochrous) - Also known as the New Caledonia goshawk or New Caledonia sparrowhawk.
• gundlach's_hawk (Accipiter gundlachi)
• semicollared_hawk (Accipiter collaris) - Considered the sister species of the tiny hawk.
• sharp-shinned_hawk (Accipiter striatus)
• plain-breasted_hawk (Accipiter ventralis)
• rufous-thighed_hawk (Accipiter erythronemius)
• white-breasted_hawk (Accipiter chionogaster)
• sparrowhawk
• besra (Accipiter virgatus) - Also known as the besra sparrowhawk.
• black_sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) - Also known as the black goshawk or great sparrowhawk.
• chestnut-flanked_sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius)
• chinese_sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) - Also known as the Chinese goshawk, and grey frog hawk.
• collared_sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus)
• dwarf_sparrowhawk (Accipiter nanus) - Also known as the small sparrowhawk.
• eurasian_sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) - Also known as the northern sparrowhawk.
• frances's_sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae)
• japanese_sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
• levant_sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
• little_sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus)
• madagascan_sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis)
• new_britain_sparrowhawk (Accipiter brachyurus)
• nicobar_sparrowhawk (Accipiter butleri)
• ovambo_sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis) - Also known as Ovampo sparrowhawk, or Hilgert's sparrowhawk.
• red-thighed_sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) - Also known as the red-legged sparrowhawk or the western little sparrowhawk.
• rufous-breasted_sparrowhawk (Accipiter rufiventris) - Also known as the rufous-chested sparrowhawk and as the red-breasted sparrowhawk.
• rufous-necked_sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythrauchen)
• spot-tailed_sparrowhawk (Accipiter trinotatus) - Also known as spot-tailed goshawk.
• vinous-breasted_sparrowhawk (Accipiter rhodogaster)
• tiny_hawk (Accipiter superciliosus)

External links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipiter

See also

• avian
• bird
• accipitriform
• accipitrid
• Accipitrinae (subfamily)
• accipiter (genus)