Editing Levant sparrowhawk (section)

==Behaviour==

===Breeding===
[[File:Accipiter brevipes MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.94.2.jpg|thumb|upright| ''Accipiter brevipes'' - [[MHNT]]]]

The Levant sparrowhawk breeds from mid-May through August.<ref name = "Ferg-Lees531"/> The pair is territorial while breeding, often performing high-circling aerial displays.<ref name = "Ferg-Lees531"/><ref name = "Clark128"/> The female is thought to make the [[bird nest|nest]].<ref name = "Perrins"/> She builds a new one every year, a small structure of twigs on a branch or in a fork of a [[broad-leaved tree]].<ref name = "Ferg-Lees531"/><ref name = "Wimberger"/> The nest tree is often near running water, typically in open woodland, on a forest edge, or in an isolated clump of trees. The nest, which measures up to {{convert|30|cm|abbr=on}} across and {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} deep, is lined with green leaves. Most nests are located between {{convert|5|-|10|m|abbr=on}} above the ground, but they have been found as low as {{convert|4|m|abbr=on}} and as high as {{convert|20|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name = "Ferg-Lees531"/>

The female lays a [[clutch (eggs)|clutch]] of {{nowrap|2–5 eggs}} which she alone [[egg incubation|incubates]] for {{nowrap|30–35 days}}.<ref name = "Perrins"/><ref name = "ABCC"/> Hatching is [[wiktionary:asynchronous|asynchronous]]. Nestlings fledge some {{nowrap|40–45 days}} after hatching and are independent about {{nowrap|15 days}} later.<ref name = "Ferg-Lees531"/>

===Flight and migration===
Though able to flap continually (like most birds), Levant sparrowhawks typically use soaring-and-gliding flight while migrating; they also use thermals when those are available,<ref name = "Ferg-Lees45"/> and are known to occasionally hover.<ref name = "Ferg-Lees64"/>

=== Hunting ===
It hunts small [[bird]]s, [[insect]]s, rodents, and [[lizard]]s in woodland or semi-desert areas, relying on surprise as it flies from a perch to catch its prey unaware.