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Little sparrowhawk
| Little sparrowhawk | |
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| At Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa, showing ventral and dorsal plumage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Tachyspiza |
| Species: | T. minulla
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| Binomial name | |
| Tachyspiza minulla (Daudin, 1800)
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The little sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza minulla) is a species of Afrotropical bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter. It is the smallest member of the genus Tachyspiza and forms a superspecies with the red-thighed sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza erythropus).
- ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Accipiter minullus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695581A93517052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695581A93517052.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Repository "Index to Organism Names"". GBIF and EOL. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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