Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
| Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Aerospiza |
| Species: | A. castanilius |
| Binomial name | |
| Aerospiza castanilius (Bonaparte, 1853) | |
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The chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk (Aerospiza castanilius) is a small west African species of sparrowhawk in the family Accipitridae. This species was formerly placed in the genus Accipiter.