Frances's Sparrowhawk

SCI Name:  Accipiter francesiae
Protonym:  Accipiter Francesii S.Afr.Q.J.(2) -2 p.280
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Accipiter
Taxonomy Code:  fragos2
Type Locality:  Madagascar.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1834
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACCIPITER
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Eurasian Sparrowhawk A. nisus) L. accipiter, accipitris  hawk  < accipere  to grasp (the original meaning was “to understand” rather than “to seize”) (cf. Med. L. accipiter  Sparrowhawk; ancipiter  Goshawk; "another possible origin is from the Greek aci for 'swift' and pertrum [?πτερον] for 'wing'." (Clark & Davies 2018)); "Accipiter. Genus 8.  ...  Les femelles des Oiseaux de ce genre sont plus grandes que leurs mâles. Elles sont aussi mieux faites, plus fortes & plus courageuses. Pour cette raison on appelle les mâles Tiercelets; parce qu'ils sont d'environ un tiers plus petits que leurs femelles.  ...  **1. L'EPERVIER.  ...  ACCIPITER." (Brisson 1760): based on "Accipiter minor" of Gessner 1555, "Accipiter fringillarius" of Gessner 1555, Schwenckfeld 1603, Jonston 1650-1653, and Charleton 1668, "Nisus" of Willughby 1676, and Sibbald 1684, and numerous other references; "Accipiter Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 28, 310. Type, by tautonymy, Accipiter Brisson = Falco nisus Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, 205). 
Synon. Aerospiza, Aesalon, Asterias, Astur, Chirospizias, Cooperastur, Daedalion, Dinospizias, Erythrospiza, Eunisus, Eusparvius, Hieraspiza, Ierax, Leptohierax, Leucospiza, Lophospiza, Neonisus, Nisastur, Nisuoides, Nisus, Paraspizias, Phabotypus, Scelospiza, Sparvius, Spilospiza, Tachyspiza, Teraspiza, Urospiza.

francesiae
Lady Henrietta Frances Cole née Harris (1784-1847) wife of Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Gov. of Cape Colony 1828-1833 (Accipiter).

SUBSPECIES

Frances's Sparrowhawk (francesiae)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae francesiae
francesiae
Lady Henrietta Frances Cole née Harris (1784-1847) wife of Gen. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Gov. of Cape Colony 1828-1833 (Accipiter).

Frances's Sparrowhawk (griveaudi)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae griveaudi
griveaudi
Dr Paul Griveaud (1907-1980) French entomologist, resident in Madagascar (subsp. Accipiter francesiae, subsp. Cypsiurus parvus, Treron).

Frances's Sparrowhawk (pusillus)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae pusillus
pusillum / pusillus
L. pusillus  tiny, very small  < dim. pusus  little boy  < puer  boy.
● ex “Chevechette” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 46 (syn. Glaucidium passerinum).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (Merops).
● ex “Barbion” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogoniulus).
● ex "Lesser Black Promerops" of Latham 1822 (syn. Scoptelus aterrimus).
● ex “Sucrion” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 298 (Cinnyris artefact).

Frances's Sparrowhawk (brutus)
SCI Name: Accipiter francesiae brutus
brutus
L. brutus  heavy, weighty (cf. Late L. brutus  blunt, stupid).