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Meanings of sparrow hawk in anglès

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falcão americano
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Small North American falcon.

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Small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa.

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Synonyms
Examples for "kestrel"
Examples for "kestrel"
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The kestrel's predator instincts amplified each motion, building up a comprehensive picture.
The Reality Dysfunction
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They in turn provide food for heron, tawny owl, kestrel and buzzard.
The Guardian
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For the kestrel is a most insulting creature towards the bigger birds.
Afoot in England
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Scans of the bird revealed that is was probably a Eurasian kestrel.
The Guardian
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Goalkeeping became as significant for me as the kestrel did for Billy.
The Guardian
Usage of sparrow hawk in anglès
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Then we discovered they were being devoured by a beautiful sparrow hawk.
The Irish Times
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That's the sparrow hawk's cry, but it's a blue jay that made it.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
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De Rançun came back with the sparrow hawk, still hooded, on his gloved fist.
The Secret Eleanor
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Most likely caught and then dropped by a sparrow hawk or loggerhead shrike, thought Raff.
Anthill: a novel
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Like all hawks, the sparrow hawk is capable of bursts of high speed in flight.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
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The sparrow hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk may visit the vicinity to feed upon the other feeders.
Bird Day; How to prepare for it
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In a basket on the back of a mule, the sparrow hawk screeched indignantly at the jostling.
The Secret Eleanor
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A female sparrow hawk wintered in the eaves of an apartment house in Morningside Park, New York City.
Bird Day; How to prepare for it
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It's a sparrow hawk they're after.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
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Hawks are quite common; among those generally seen are the long tailed grouse-hawk, the sparrow hawk, and the sharp-shinned hawk.
The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
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Late in the day they let the fierce little sparrow hawk fly at hares, in the meadows along the road.
The Secret Eleanor
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I should as soon expect to see an owlet, in a sparrow hawk's nest, as a monk hatched in Yardhope Hold.
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
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There was a slight flirtation as she brushed the hand of someone passing binoculars to her to search out a sparrow hawk.
Anil's ghost
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Far above us a sparrow hawk circled above the trees, and we were told that an owl had a nest somewhere among the rocks.
Byways Around San Francisco Bay
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Then there are Killy the Sparrow Hawk and Spooky the Screech Owl.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
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He is a good deal like Killy the Sparrow Hawk in this respect.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Translations for sparrow hawk
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