Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk vs Water spangles

Accipiter castanilius compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Accipiter	Salvinia
Species	Accipiter castanilius	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	Water spangles
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.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.