Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk vs mountain melick

Accipiter castanilius compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Accipiter	Melica
Species	Accipiter castanilius	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	mountain melick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.