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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	54,400,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	82,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000-3200000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2021
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.15 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 364,000-571,000 pairs, which equates to 728,000-1,150,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International in prep.). Europe forms approximately 36% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 2,020,000-3,190,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. It is placed in the band 2,000,000 to 3,200,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. In Europe, the population has increased since the 1980s, but remained stable over the last three generations (15.45 years [Bird et al. 2020]) (BirdLife International in prep.).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes	yes
Albania	extant	native	yes
Algeria	extant	native	yes
Andorra	extant	native	yes
Armenia	extant	native	yes		yes
Austria	extant	native	yes		yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes	yes	yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes	yes
Bangladesh	extant	native			yes
Belarus	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes		yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native	yes		yes
Brunei	extant	vagrant
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes			yes
Chad	extant	vagrant			yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes	yes	yes	yes
Croatia	extant	native	yes
Cyprus	extant	native			yes
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes			yes
Djibouti	extant	native			yes
Egypt	extant	native			yes
Estonia	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native			yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Finland	extant	native	yes	yes		yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Gambia	extant	vagrant
Georgia	extant	native	yes			yes
Germany	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Greece	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native			yes
Hungary	extant	native	yes
Iceland	extant	vagrant
India	extant	native	yes		yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes		yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes	yes
Ireland	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	native	yes		yes
Italy	extant	native	yes		yes
Japan	extant	native	yes
Jordan	extant	native			yes	yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native			yes
Kuwait	extant	native			yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native			yes
Latvia	extant	native	yes			yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes	yes
Libya	extant	native			yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native	yes
Lithuania	extant	native	yes
Luxembourg	extant	native	yes
Macao (China)	extant	native			yes
Malaysia	extant	vagrant
Mali	extant	vagrant
Malta	extant	native				yes
Mauritania	extant	vagrant
Moldova	extant	native	yes
Monaco	extant	native	yes
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native	yes		yes
Morocco	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native			yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes		yes
Netherlands	extant	native	yes		yes
Niger	extant	native			yes
North Korea	extant	native	yes	yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Norway	extant	native	yes	yes
Oman	extant	native			yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	native		yes	yes
Palestine	extant	native			yes
Poland	extant	native	yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes			yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes
Romania	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Russia	extant	native	yes	yes		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native	yes	yes		yes
San Marino	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes	yes
Serbia	extant	native	yes		yes
Slovakia	extant	native	yes		yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	vagrant
South Africa	extant	vagrant
South Korea	extant	native	yes
Spain	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	vagrant			yes
Sudan	extant	native			yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	extant	vagrant
Sweden	extant	native	yes	yes		yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes		yes
Syria	extant	native			yes	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native				yes
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native			yes
Thailand	extant	native			yes
Tunisia	extant	native	yes		yes
Türkiye	extant	native	yes		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native			yes
Ukraine	extant	native	yes			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native			yes
Western Sahara	extant	vagrant
Yemen	extant	native			yes	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Portugal	Laurissilva
Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Oriental
Portugal	Ponta do Pargo
Portugal	South-west coast of Portugal
Spain	El Canal y Los Tiles laurel forest
Spain	Garajonay National Park
Spain	La Palma laurel forest
Spain	Mountain of Agua, gully of Los Cochinos and gully of Cuevas Negras
Spain	Santa Trsula and La Victoria laurel forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 4500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Unintentional effects (species is not the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Energy production & mining	Renewable energy	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation, Reduced reproductive success
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eurasian-sparrowhawk-accipiter-nisus on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.