Thursday, March 22, 2012

>Accipiter erythropus (Red-thighed Sparrowhawk)

Red-thighed Sparrowhawk







Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Accipiter
Species:A. erythropus
Binomial name
Accipiter erythropus
(Hartlaub, 1855)
The Red-thighed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) is a species of bird of preyin the Accipitridae family. It is found in AngolaBeninBurkina FasoCameroonCentral African RepublicRepublic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoIvory Coast,GabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaNigeriaRwandaSenegal,Sierra LeoneTogo, and Uganda.

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