Editing Levant sparrowhawk (section)

{{short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Levant sparrowhawk
| image = Accipiter brevipes 1.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Accipiter brevipes'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22695499A131936047 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22695499A131936047.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Tachyspiza
| species = brevipes
| authority = ([[Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov|Severtzov]], 1850)
| range_map = AccipiterBrevipesIUCNver2018 2.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''A. brevipes''{{leftlegend|#00FF00|Breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#007FFF|Non-breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#00FFFF|Passage|outline=gray}}
}}

The '''Levant sparrowhawk''' ('''''Tachyspiza brevipes''''') is a small [[bird of prey]]. It measures {{convert|32|–|38|cm|abbr=on}} in length with a wingspan of {{convert|65|–|75|cm|abbr=on}}. The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with [[Eurasian sparrowhawk]]. The adult male is blue-grey above, with dark wingtips, and barred reddish below.

It breeds in forests from [[Greece]] and the [[Balkans]] east to southern [[Russia]]. It is [[bird migration|migratory]], wintering from [[Egypt]] across to southwestern [[Iran]]. It will migrate in large flocks, unlike the more widespread [[Eurasian sparrowhawk]].