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title: "Sperwer"
description: "Accipiter nisus — Vogels. The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eurasian-sparrowhawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sperwer

> Accipiter nisus — Vogels. The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Accipiter nisus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 53443
- Wikidata: [Q25380](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25380)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5106](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5106)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- de: Sperber
- es: Gavilán común
- fr: Épervier d'Europe
- nl: Sperwer
- pt: Gavião-da-europa
- pl: Krogulec zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (15234), GB (5547), DE (3289), IT (2507), FR (2460), ES (1272), UA (1164), DK (1036), AT (961), CN (811), NL (684), PL (612)

## Summary

The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below. The female is up to 25% larger than the male – one of the greatest size differences between the sexes in any bird species. Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend…

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

## Photo

![Sperwer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-sparrowhawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kevin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190695118

## Machine access

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