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title: "Gavilán griego"
description: "Tachyspiza brevipes — Aves. The Levant sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brevipes) is a small bird of prey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/levant-sparrowhawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gavilán griego

> Tachyspiza brevipes — Aves. The Levant sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brevipes) is a small bird of prey.

- Scientific name: *Tachyspiza brevipes*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 1176
- iNaturalist taxon: [1581937](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1581937)

## Names

- en: Levant Sparrowhawk
- de: Kurzfangsperber
- es: Gavilán griego
- fr: Épervier à pieds courts

## Countries with the most observations

RU (482), GR (157), GE (108), IL (71), RO (66), TR (60), AM (34), EG (21), UA (18), BG (14), SY (12), MK (9)

## Summary

The Levant sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza brevipes) is a small bird of prey. It measures 32–38 cm (13–15 in) in length with a wingspan of 65–75 cm (26–30 in). The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with Eurasian sparrowhawk. The adult male is blue-grey above, with dark wingtips, and barred reddish below.
It breeds in forests from Greece and the Balkans east to southern Russia. It is migratory, wintering from Egypt across to southwestern Iran. It will migrate in large flocks, unlike the more widespread Eurasian sparrowhawk.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant_sparrowhawk

## Photo

![Gavilán griego](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/levant-sparrowhawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Дима Орлов · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301273315

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/levant-sparrowhawk?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).