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Other related concepts

• Accipiter [brevipes x nisus] (hybrid)
• Accipiter [nisus or gentilis] (taxon group)
• Accipiter [nisus or gentilis] (taxon group)
• Accipiter [brevipes or nisus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аЧарыхьшь, аЧахьшь
Afrikaans: Eurasiese sperwer
Arabic: الباشق, الباشق الباشق, باشق اوراسي
Asturian: Ferre, Gabilán común
Azerbaijani: Bildirçinçalan, Kiçik qırğı, Xırdı qırğı
Bashkir: бүҙәнә ҡарсығаһы, ваҡ ҡарсыға, ҡарсаға, ҡарсыға, кыйғыр
Belarusian: pierapiołačnik, перапёлачнік, Шуляк-карагольчык
Bulgarian: mal"k jastreb, Малък ястреб
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় চড়ুইশিকরে, িআিঈময঱ীয় চড়ুিআচ঱কময
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa caṛu'iśikarē
Breton: Ar sparfell c'hlas, sparfell c'hlas, Sparfell glas
Catalan: esparver, Esparver comú, Esparver vulgar
Catalan (Balears): Esparver
Valencian: Esparver
Montenegrin: kobac, кобац
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): кобац
Czech: krahujec, Krahujec obecný
Chuvash: çерçи хурчки, кайăк хурчки, пĕчĕк хурчка, салакайăк хурчки
Welsh: Curyll glas, gwalch glas, Gwipia, Gwipiwr, Llamysten
Danish: Spurvehøg
German: Sperber
Greek: (Κοινό) Ξεφτέρι, [Xefteri], xefteri, ξεφτέρι, Τζικλοσιάχινο, Τσιχλογέρακο
Greek (Cypriot): Τζικλοσιάχινο
Emiliano-romagnolo: Falcàtt da pàser
English: Common Sparrowhawk, eurasian sparrow hawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, European Sparrow Hawk, European Sparrowhawk, Northern Sparrow Hawk, Northern Sparrowhawk, Sparrow hawk, Sparrowhawk
English, HBW: Eurasian Sparrowhawk
English (IOC): Eurasian Sparrowhawk
English (Kenya): Eurasian Sparrowhawk
English (United States): Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Esperanto: Nizo
Spanish: Gavilan, Gavilán, Gavilán comun, Gavilán Común, Gavilán Vulgar
Spanish (Spain): Gavilán Común
Spanish (HBW): Gavilán común
Spanish (Uruguay): Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Estonian: harilik raudkull, Raudkull
Basque: Esparver vulgar, gabirai, Gabirai arrunta
Persian: قرقی
Finnish: Varpushaukka
Faroese: spurvaheykur
French: Autour des palombes, Épervier d’Europe, Épervier d'Europe
Friulian: blausin, sparvâi, sparvâl, sparvîr
Frisian: sparwer
Irish: gabián, naile, speirsheabhac, spioróg
Gaelic: Speireag
Galician: Esparver vulgar, Gabián, Gabián común, Gavián
Guarani: Taguato
Manx: hawk shawk sperriu, Shawk, Shawk sperriu, Shirragh, Shirragh ny Giark, Shirragh ny sperriu
Hebrew: נץ מצוי
Croatian: Kobac
Hungarian: Karvaly
Armenian: [Lorachurak ], Լորաճուռակ
Icelandic: Sparrhaukur
Italian: Arpèglia, Falchèt, Sparviere, Sparviere eurasiatico, sparviero, Sparviero eurasiatico
Brescian: Falchèt
Napulitano: Arpèglia
Japanese (romaji): haitaka, Hai-taka
Japanese: ハイタカ
Japanese (Kanji): 鷂
Georgian: მიმინო
Kara-Kalpak: қырғый
Kabardian: къашыргъащхъуэ
Mongolian, Halh: үүрсээ харцага, үүрсээ харцгай
Khakas: Хус хартығазы
Kazakh: бытпылдақ, Қырғи
Kazakh (Transliteration): qırğï
Korean: 새매
Korean (Transliteration): sae-mae
Karachay-Balkar: къартчыгъа, къыртчыгъа, хырха
North Karelian: varpuishaukka
Cornish: Sparhok, sparrhok
Kirghiz: кыргый
Scientific: Accipiter cayennensis, Accipiter cayennensis major, Accipiter maculatus, Accipiter nisus, Accipiter nisus nisus, Astur major, Daedalion fringillarius, Falco epicyanus, Falco fringillarum, Falco Nisus, Nisus Linnéi
Ladino: sparvel pice
Luxembourgish: Spréiwenhuer
Ladin: Sparvel pice
Lithuanian: Paprastasis paukštvanagis, paukštvanagis
Latvian: zvirbulu vanags, zvirbuļu vanags, zvirbuļvanags
Macedonian: jastreb vrapčar, jастреб врапчар, Јастреб врапчар
Malayalam: യൂറേഷ്യൻ പ്രാപ്പിടിയൻ
Mongolian: Морин харцага, Морин харцгай, үүрсээ харцага, үүрсээ харцгай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠮᠣᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠴᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠢᠷᠭᠣᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хяргуй
Mongolian (Transliteration): khyargui, moriŋ khartsag , moriŋ khartsg ai
Moldavian: Uliu păsărar
Malay: Burung Lang Sewah Utara
Maltese: falkett, falketti, seqer ta' l-Ewrażja, seqer żgħir li jiekol l-għasafar Ewrasjatiku, sparvier, sparvieri
Nepali: वनबाज
Dutch: Sperwer
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sporvehauk
Norwegian: Spurvehauk
Occitan: esparvièr
Polish: krogulec, krogulec (zwyczajny), Krogulec zwyczajny
Pinyin: běi què-yīng, chī, duǒzi, lái-jiū, lǎo yào-yīng, lǎo-yīng, mó-yīng, què-yīng, shuǎng- jiū, shuǎng-jiū, xì-xiōng, yào, yào-yīng, yàozi
Portuguese: gaviăo, gavião, Gavião da Europa, gavião-da-europa
Portuguese (Madeira): Fura-bardos
Portuguese (Portugal): Gavião, gavião-europeu
Romansh: sprer, sprer (pitschen), sprer pitschen
Rhaeto-Romance: Sprer (pitschen)
Romanian: Hulyaika, Hulyo, hulyo hulyaika, uliu pasarar, uliu păsărar
Romany: Hulyo
Russian: perepeljatnik, Perepelyatnik, Малый ястреб, Перепелятник, Перепелятник обыкновенный, Ястреб-перепелятник
Yakut: үөт кыырда, чыычаах кыырда, чыычаахсыт
Sardinian: astoreddu, astorittu, astorittu feridori, cippàggiu, futtientu, ispalaeru, isparagheri, scatta de pisci, spreberi, tzappaju
Scots: speireag
Northern Sami: Bissehávka, cihcefálli, dihtti
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasiya Ukussa
Slovak: jastrab krahulec
Slovenian: skobec
Albanian: Gjeraqina e shkurtes, gjeraqina e shkurtës
Serbian: kobac, obicni kobac, obični kobac, кобац
Swedish: Sparvhök
Swahili: Kipanga wa Ulaya
Tajik: бошаи хурд, қирғӣ
Thai: เหยี่ยวนกกระจอกใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw nók krà-còaak yày
Turkmen: atmaca, bedeneçi gyrgy
Turkish: Atmaca, Bayağı Atmaca, Қырғи
Tatar: бүдәнә карчыгасы , бытбылдык карчыгасы
Tuvinian: Бичии хартыга, Куштаар хартыга
Udmurt: бӧдѐно душес, бӧдѐно сиись душес, ӟольгыри душес, ӟольгыри кучыран, чипы октӥсь, чипыоктӥсь
Ukrainian: jastrub malij, pеrеpеljatnik, Малий яструб, перепелятник, яструб малий
Uzbek: бедана овлайдиган қирғий , бедана овловчи қирғий, беданахўр қирғий, Евроосиѐ қирғийси, қийғир, қирғий, чумчуқ овлайдиган қирғий
Vietnamese: Chim Ưng mày trắng, Ưng mày trắng
Sorbian, Lower: sćagłow
Sorbian, Upper: kraholc, škraholc
Kalmyk: кирһу, кирһү
Chinese: [bei que-ying], [chi], [lai-jiu], [lao yao-ying], [que-ying], [xi-xioong], [yao], [yao-ying], 北雀鷹, 摩鹰, 朵子, 来鸠, 爽鸠, 细胸, 老鹞鹰, 老鹰, 雀 鹰, 雀鷹, 雀鹰, 鸱, 鹞, 鹞子, 鹞鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 來鳩, 北雀鷹, 北雀鷹〔雀鷹〕, 摩鷹, 朵子, 爽鳩, 細胸, 老鷂鷹, 老鷹, 雀鷹, 鴟, 鷂, 鷂子, 鷂鷹
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 北雀鷹
Chinese (Taiwan): [bei que-ying], 北雀鷹, 北雀鹰