ADW: Accipiter: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
        
        Family Accipitridae (eagles, hawks, and kites)
        
        Subfamily Accipitrinae (hawks, eagles, buzzards, vultures, and relatives)
        
        Genus Accipiter (bird hawks)
        
        Species Accipiter albogularis (pied goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter badius (shikra)
        
        Species Accipiter bicolor (bicolored hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter brachyurus (New Britain sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter brevipes (Levant sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter butleri (Nicobar sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter castanilius (chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter cirrhocephalus (collared sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter collaris (semi-collared hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter erythrauchen (rufous-necked sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter erythropus (red-thighed sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter fasciatus (brown goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter francesii (Frances's sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter gentilis (northern goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter griseiceps (Sulawesi goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter gularis (Japanese sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter gundlachii (Gundlach's hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter haplochrous (white-bellied goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter henicogrammus (Moluccan goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter henstii (Henst's goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter imitator (imitator sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter luteoschistaceus (slaty-backed sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter madagascariensis (Madagascan sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter melanochlamys (black-mantled goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter melanoleucus (black goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter meyerianus (Meyer's goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter minullus (African little sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter nanus (dwarf sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter nisus (Eurasian sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter novaehollandiae (grey goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter ovampensis (Ovambo sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter poliocephalus (grey-headed goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter poliogaster (grey-bellied goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter princeps (New Britain goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter rhodogaster (vinous-breasted sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter rufitorques (Fiji goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter rufiventris (rufous-breasted sparrowhawk)
        
        Species Accipiter soloensis (Chinese goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter striatus (sharp-shinned hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter superciliosus (tiny hawk)
        
        Species Accipiter tachiro (African goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter toussenelii (red-chested goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter trinotatus (spot-tailed goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter trivirgatus (crested goshawk)
        
        Species Accipiter virgatus (besra)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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