Red-thighed sparrowhawk

Red-thighed sparrowhawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Tachyspiza
Species:
T. erythropus
Binomial name
Tachyspiza erythropus
(Hartlaub, 1855)
Subspecies[2]
  • T. e. erythropus - (Hartlaub, 1855)
  • T. e. zenkeri - (Reichenow, 1894)
Synonyms[3]

Nisus erythropus Hartlaub, 1855

The red-thighed sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza erythropus), alternatively known as the red-legged sparrowhawk or western little sparrowhawk, is a species of sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae from western and northern central Africa. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Accipiter erythropus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695576A93516770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695576A93516770.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
  3. ^ "Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus (Hartlaub, 1855)". Avibase. Denis Lepage. Retrieved 27 October 2016.