Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Accipitriformes
Familia: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species: Accipiter castanilius
Subspecies: A. c. beniensis - A. c. castanilius
Name
Accipiter castanilius Bonaparte, 1853
References
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliqué (2) 5 p.578
Vernacular names
العربية: الباشق كستنائي الخواصر
čeština: Krahujec kaštanovoprsý
English: Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
español: Gavilán de dorso rojo
polski: Krogulec rdzawoboczny
The chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius) is a small west African species of sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae.
Description
Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk has blackish grey upperparts with a very distinctive pattern on the underparts; the breast and belly are heavily barred grey and brown, with chestnut colored flanks. The throat is white and the head is rather broad compared to similar species. The cere is yellow as is the thin eyering which surrounds the red eye. Females and juveniles are browner. They sit 25 cm (9.8 in) tall and have a wingspan of 60 cm (24 in).[3][4]
Distribution
The chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk occurs in west central Africa from southern Nigeria through Cameroon and Gabon to Democratic Republic of Congo. It is said to occur in the Upper Guinean forests west of Nigeria but this has not been confirmed.[5]
Habitat
The chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk is found mainly in lowland tropical rainforest, mainly in the middle storey but it can adapt to dense secondary growth and will approach habitation in the forest. It is found up to 750 m (2,460 ft) above sea level.[4]
Habits
The habits of the chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk are poorly known but it is known to lay eggs during January to April in Gabon. It probably feeds mainly on birds but has been recorded catching bats. As it is rarely seen in the open it is presumed to be a still hunter which sits in the cover of foliage and sallies out to catch prey. Has been known to enter houses after poultry and to follow driver ant columns to ambush the attendant small birds.[4]
Taxonomy
Closely related to the African goshawk Accipiter tachiro and the red-chested goshawk Accipiter toussenelii, albeit smaller than either of those species. It is normally regarded as monotypic, although some authorities recognise the smaller birds in the Congo Basin as the subspecies Accipiter castanilius beniensis.[5]
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter castanilius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695486A93511134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695486A93511134.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
"Accipiter castanilius". Wikispecies. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
Kemp, Alan; Kemp, Meg (1998). SASOL Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands. New Holland. pp. 174–175. ISBN 1-85974-100-2.
Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm. pp. 523–524. ISBN 0-7136-8026-1.
"Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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