English: Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Asian Sparrowhawk
Russian: Перепелятник
German: Sperber
French: Epervier d’Europe
Mongolian: Морин харцага, Морин харцгай
Japanese: ハイタカ (Hai-taka)

Body Length: 28-40 cm
Wing span: 56-78 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 2-7
Egg colour: Bluish-non-glossy white with dark reddish-brown spots.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status:  Least Concern

Habitat: Breeding pairs build a stick nest of dried twigs and branches in coniferous and rarely deciduous trees in taiga forest, forest steppe, and in the valleys of lakes and rivers. It occurs singly, or in loose small groups of 3-9 individuals across open areas with trees, bushes, rock s and cliffs, and sometimes in planted trees in villages, towns and cities.

Food: Small to medium sized birds, small rodents in forest and forest steppe.