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Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus - Sperwer
Palearctic region.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Accipiter nisus nisus - Europe to West-Siberia and Central-Asia. Winters to Northeast-Africa and Southwest-Asia;
Accipiter nisus nisosimilis - Northwest-Siberia to North-China and Japan. Winters to Southwest-, Central- and East-Asia;
Accipiter nisus dementjevi - Pamir-Altai to Tien Shan Mountains (Central-Asia);
Accipiter nisus melaschistos - East-Afghanistan to Southwest-China;
Accipiter nisus wolterstorffi - Corsica and Sardinia;
Accipiter nisus punicus - Northwest-Africa;
Accipiter nisus granti - Madeira and West- and Central-Canary Islands (northwest of North Africa).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.