Accipitrinae

thumb|190px|Shikra Accipiter badius feeding on a garden lizard in [[Hyderabad, India.]]

species of bird

species of bird

thumb|Accipiter nisus Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the subfamily Accipitrinae. "Sparrow-hawk" or sparhawk originally referred to Accipiter nisus, now called "Eurasian" or "northern" sparrowhawk to distinguish it from other species.