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There are more than twenty types of sparrow hawks. A sparrowhawk is a small bird of prey in the hawk family. The Tiny Sparrow-hawk, or Tiny Hawk, is named after its size. The male is a size of 20cm (not even 8 inches). and weighs about two and a half ounces; the female is slightly larger at 26.5cm (almost ten and a half inches) and a little over four ounces. It is about the size of the Grey-colored Robin. The adult tiny sparrow-hawk is dark grey, with a blackish crown. The sides of the face are grey and white. It’s under-side is mostly white. The tail is banded grey and black. The eyes are crimson, and it has a black beak. The Tiny Sparrow-hawk is found in tropical and sub-tropical forested areas in southern Central America and northern South America. Its preferred habitat is lowland forest edge and woodland up to about 1,800 metres. It also frequents the canopy of rainforest and the emergent layers of the rainforest. The Tiny Sparrow-hawk feeds on small birds. Its method of hunting consists mainly of hiding and waiting for its prey, soon to launch itself quickly and to attack small birds. It can learn which are the regular feeding places of the humming-birds and can try to capture them by means of an ambush, or when flying quickly between the feeding places. It is considered to be under threat of extinction due to the loss of its habitat by deforestation. In much of its range it enjoys legal protection. The call of the Tiny Sparrow-hawk is described as - 'Krie-rie-rie-rie'.
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