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Eurasian sparrowhawk (Ưng mày trắng, Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk

The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
29–34 cm.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
nisus: Latin for the sparrowhawk.
According to Greek mythology Nisus, the king of Megara, was turned into a sparrowhawk after his daughter, Scylla, cut off his purple lock of hair to present to her lover (and Nisus' enemy), Minos.