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Taxonomic source(s)
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
2024	Least Concern
2016	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	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,880,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.43 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Ouémé river basin
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Central African Republic	Bangui
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Gambia	Abuko Nature Reserve
Gambia	Pirang Forest Park
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Guinea	Gangan Foret Classe
Guinea	Kounounkan
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada
Liberia	Lake Piso (Cape Mount)
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Senegal	Parc National de Basse Casamance
Senegal	Parc National du Niokolo-Koba
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve
Uganda	Semliki National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-legged-sparrowhawk-accipiter-erythropus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.