Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
         Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
           Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816 - hawks, eagles
             Genus Accipiter Brisson, 1760
               Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian sparrowhawk
                 1 Accipiter nisus nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 2 Accipiter nisus nisosimilis (Tickell, 1833)
                 3 Accipiter nisus dementjevi Stepanyan, 1958
                 4 Accipiter nisus melaschistos Hume, 1869
                 5 Accipiter nisus wolterstorffi Kleinschmidt, 1901
                 6 Accipiter nisus punicus Erlanger, 1897
                 7 Accipiter nisus granti Sharpe, 1890