Sparrowhawk 
Aaoipter nisus 
A moderate west to east cline exists, 
but only the western subspecies, nisus, 
which breeds east to the Yenisei, winters 
in northeast Africa. Much of this pop¬ 
ulation is resident but migrants may 
move south as far as the line in East 
Africa, southern India, and southeast 
Asia. 
Habitat: Forests and open woodland, 
both mountains and lowlands 
