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The Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is so-named because nearly all of its diet consists of other birds – more than 120 species have been recorded as prey, ranging in size from goldcrest to pheasant. They have also been recorded taking a wide variety of small mammals, including bats captured in flight. In fact, many of their victims are plucked and eaten while still alive. Sparrowhawks frequently fall prey themselves to goshawks, who will not tolerate the smaller birds in their territory. Female sparrowhawks are typically 25% larger than males, but often twice as heavy, which means the males court females with caution, as the female can (and sometimes does) kill her suitor.
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