| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Accipiter Brisson, 1760 |
| Sources | |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record: Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
basis of record: Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983 [details]
basis of record: Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
basis of record: Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p. [details]
basis of record: Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p. [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
| Environment | | marine, brackish |
| Distribution | | Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Dimensions: Length: 21-26" (53-66 cm); Wingspan: 40-46" (102-117 cm) [details]
Distribution: North America [details]
Reproduction: Breeds from Labrador to Alaska and southwards into the northern United States to Maryland, Colorado, and California. Winters in most of its Breeding range and south to Virginia, Texas, and southern California. Nest is usually placed in deciduous trees and seldom more than 30 feet from the ground. Eggs are laid from late April to late May. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159104 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159104 on 2013-06-18 |
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