Male Sparrowhawk with female blackbird prey

Species Information: SCIENTIFIC NAME: Accipiter nisus RELATED SPECIES: Goshawk CALL: Alarm call (usually near nest) a high pitched 'kyikyikyi' HABITAT: Mainly wooded country, but increasingly suburban. STATUS: Resident in Britain, common & increasing (about 45000 pairs) Male is smaller than female. Wings rounded, tail long, narrow and square ended. Underparts narrowly banded, rust brown in male. Female brownish grey above, male blue grey. Juveniles dark brown above, barred below
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