sparrow hawk

Questions about sparrow hawk

What does sparrow hawk mean?

sparrow hawk means "small North American falcon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sparrow hawk?

Close synonyms include American kestrel, kestrel, Falco sparverius, Accipiter nisus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sparrow hawk a common word?

sparrow hawk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.