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Definition of accipiter in English: accipiternoun akˈsɪpɪtəakˈsipədər Ornithology A hawk of a group distinguished by short, broad wings and relatively long legs, adapted for fast flight in wooded country. 〔鸟〕鹰 Accipiter and related genera, family Accipitridae: numerous species, including the goshawk Example sentencesExamples - As if accipiters didn't look creepy enough as it is.
- With the bird in hand, you can see that our little accipiter does indeed have sharp shins.
- I saw an Eagle, most likely a Spotted Eagle, a buteo of some sort, and an accipiter, either a Eurasian Sparrowhawk or a Levant Sparrowhawk.
- The photo plates also age and sex accipiters, those hawks that flap, flap, sail, and are the mostly likely the ones that raid our feeders of hapless birds.
- Larger species usually lay clutches of one to two eggs, where as smaller accipiters and harriers normally lay clutches of five to six eggs.
- An accipiter fluttered over very high early yesterday morning, but I didn't identify it.
- As far as other raptors go, you'd be hard-pressed to mistake an accipiter for a vulture or an eagle.
- Anyone wearing a many pocketed vest (willingly in public) is usually the dead give away - it's almost as reliable as the flap-flap-glide of an accipiter.
- It flew like an accipiter, and as it went over I saw its gray head and reddish underparts.
- Broad-wings' movement at the end of the month is not as noticeable on the Cape as it is on the mainland, but one can often see falcons and accipiters moving along the dunes on the Lower Cape.
- Ossified tendons have also been found in certain flexors in various falcon species but not in accipiter species.
- An accipiter flew over, and I muttered about wings and tails and crosses and pluses as it quickly disappeared.
- I was passing one of the islands on the lake when I noticed what looked like an accipiter flying just above the water in pursuit of a bird and then double back to the island.
- As much as I love accipiters I think that would be the worst way to go.
- The goshawk's tail is long, but wider than those of the other accipiters; this is the best way to distinguish a Goshawk from a Cooper's Hawk.
- The Sharp-shinned Hawk is the smallest of the three North American accipiters.
OriginFrom Latin, 'hawk, bird of prey'. Definition of accipiter in US English: accipiternounakˈsipədər Ornithology A hawk of a group distinguished by short, broad wings and relatively long legs, adapted for fast flight in wooded country. 〔鸟〕鹰 Accipiter and related genera, family Accipitridae: numerous species, including the goshawk Example sentencesExamples - An accipiter flew over, and I muttered about wings and tails and crosses and pluses as it quickly disappeared.
- The Sharp-shinned Hawk is the smallest of the three North American accipiters.
- Broad-wings' movement at the end of the month is not as noticeable on the Cape as it is on the mainland, but one can often see falcons and accipiters moving along the dunes on the Lower Cape.
- Anyone wearing a many pocketed vest (willingly in public) is usually the dead give away - it's almost as reliable as the flap-flap-glide of an accipiter.
- An accipiter fluttered over very high early yesterday morning, but I didn't identify it.
- As much as I love accipiters I think that would be the worst way to go.
- With the bird in hand, you can see that our little accipiter does indeed have sharp shins.
- The photo plates also age and sex accipiters, those hawks that flap, flap, sail, and are the mostly likely the ones that raid our feeders of hapless birds.
- As far as other raptors go, you'd be hard-pressed to mistake an accipiter for a vulture or an eagle.
- It flew like an accipiter, and as it went over I saw its gray head and reddish underparts.
- Ossified tendons have also been found in certain flexors in various falcon species but not in accipiter species.
- As if accipiters didn't look creepy enough as it is.
- The goshawk's tail is long, but wider than those of the other accipiters; this is the best way to distinguish a Goshawk from a Cooper's Hawk.
- Larger species usually lay clutches of one to two eggs, where as smaller accipiters and harriers normally lay clutches of five to six eggs.
- I was passing one of the islands on the lake when I noticed what looked like an accipiter flying just above the water in pursuit of a bird and then double back to the island.
- I saw an Eagle, most likely a Spotted Eagle, a buteo of some sort, and an accipiter, either a Eurasian Sparrowhawk or a Levant Sparrowhawk.
OriginFrom Latin, ‘hawk, bird of prey’. |