Red-thighed Sparrowhawk

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Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species: A. erythropus
Binomial name
Accipiter erythropus
(Hartlaub, 1855)

The Red-thighed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

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