Dictionary entry
Sparrowhawk
Pronunciation: /ˈsparəʊhɔːk/
Pronunciation
/ˈsparəʊhɔːk/
Myanmar Meaning
သိမ်းငှက်ငယ်။
Definition
sparrowhawk /'spærǝƱhↄ:k/ n ငွက္ငယ္မ်ားကို ဖမ္း၍စားေလ့ ရိွေသာ သိမ္းအငယ္စား။ သိမ္းၾကက္မ။
Examples
- ‘We frequently come across tired
- distressed birds while walking and cycling in isolated areas but the sparrowhawks seem to get the blame for any non-returning bird to the loft.’
- ‘No doubt the element of surprise plays a large part in their capture of prey
- but sparrowhawks are capable of performing remarkable pursuits and captures of such fast-flying birds as the redshank.’
- ‘Mr Reardon
- a member of the Scottish Pigeon Racing Union
- said members were calling for a cull of all falcons
- including the sparrowhawk
- because they were attacking pigeons and other song birds.’
- ‘So why cannot hen harriers
- sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings
- curlews
- golden plovers and
- yes
- pheasants and grouse?’
- ‘Today
- dozens of different birds stop by
- from goldfinches
- tits and sparrowhawks to ducks
- doves and pheasants.’
- ‘A sparrowhawk was calmly finishing off a blackbird six feet from my head.’
- ‘Birds of prey also suffered
- with many sparrowhawks and kestrels too badly injured to survive
- though many owls were successfully treated and released.’
- ‘The sparrowhawk is a serious threat to adult pied flycatchers and is the only common bird of prey in our study area.’
- ‘The windhover is related to the American sparrowhawk.’
- ‘It is closely related to the American sparrowhawk
- which it resembles in size.’