Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk vs Al nimr

Accipiter castanilius compared with Panthera pardus

Key Differences

• Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk is Least Concern while Al nimr is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	Al nimr
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum same	Chordata (حبليات)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Accipitriformes (بازيات)	Carnivora (لواحم)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Accipiter	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Accipiter castanilius	Panthera pardus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk and Al nimr share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (حبليات)

Conservation Status

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

LC — Least Concern

Al nimr

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	Al nimr
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	60.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Al nimr

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across China, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

The Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk (Accipiter castanilius) is a species in the genus Accipiter. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Al nimr

Highly adaptable big cat with the widest geographic range of any felid, found across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia in habitats from rainforest to desert. Solitary and largely nocturnal, leopards are powerful climbers that cache prey in trees. Melanistic individuals — black panthers — are common in dense forest populations. Listed as Vulnerable globally.