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            <p> Microspizias gen. nov.</p>
            <p>Type species.</p>
            <p> Falco superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 (currently  Accipiter superciliosus ). </p>
            <p>Included species.</p>
            <p> Microspizias superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766), new combination, and  M. collaris (P. L. Sclater, 1860), new combination. </p>
            <p>Diagnosis.</p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from all species of  Accipiter by a combination of (i) small size (total length &lt;30 cm), (ii) white vent barred grey (in adult  M. collaris ) or chocolate-brown (in adult  M. superciliosus ), and (iii) juveniles dimorphic, rufous morph with distinct rufous fringes to feathers of upperparts (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). In addition, Olson (2006) noted that in  M. superciliosus the procoracoid process has a very distinct foramen. This foramen is invariably absent in  Accipiter (Olson 1987). Olson (2006) further pointed out that the configuration of the skull, sternum and pelvis of  M. superciliosus are very different from  Accipiter , and that the hind-limb bones of  M. superciliosus are much more robust than the extremely gracile elements of  Accipiter . </p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from  Kaupifalco monogrammicus by (i) absence of black and white throat stripes (black central throat stripe bordered on each side by a white stripe in  Kaupifalco ), (ii) absence of a solid grey breast-band (present in  Kaupifalco ), (iii) presence of three grey tail bands (one white band in  Kaupifalco ), and (iv) yellow cere, tibia and toes (orange in  Kaupifalco ) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). </p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from  Melierax in (i) much smaller size (total length &lt;30 cm;&gt;42 cm in  Melierax ), (ii) much shorter legs (tarsus &lt;50 mm;&gt;81 mm in  Melierax ), and (iii) juveniles dimorphic, rufous morph with rufous feather fringes on upperparts (monomorphic, with brown upperparts in  Melierax ) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). </p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from  Micronisus gabar in (i) shorter tail (males &lt;117 mm;&gt;150 mm in  Micronisus ), (ii) tail square-ended or notched (rounded in  Micronisus ), (iii) yellow cere, tibia and toes (orange in adult  Micronisus ), (iv) dark grey rump (white in  Micronisus ), and (v) juveniles dimorphic, rufous morph with rufous feather fringes on upperparts (monomorphic, with brown upperparts in  Micronisus ) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). </p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from  Harpagus in (i) presence of three grey tail bands (two or three white or grey bands in  Harpagus ), (ii) adult male without dark mesial throat stripe (present in  Harpagus ), (iii) greyish-barred underparts (plain grey or rufous, or rufous-barred in adult  Harpagus ), and (iv) juveniles dimorphic, rufous morph with rufous feather fringes on upperparts (monomorphic, with brown to black-brown upperparts in  Harpagus ) (Friedmann 1950; Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). </p>
            <p> Microspizias differs from  Urotriorchis macrourus in (i) much shorter tail (males &lt;117 mm;&gt;305 mm in  Urotriorchis ), (ii) tail squared or notched (strongly graduated in  Urotriorchis ), (iii) underparts with greyish bars (in  M. collaris ) or chocolate-brown bars (in  M. superciliosus ) (plain grey or rufous in  Urotriorchis ), (iv) dark grey rump (white in  Urotriorchis ), and (v) juveniles dimorphic, rufous morph with rufous feather fringes on upperparts (monomorphic, with black-brown upperparts in  Urotriorchis ) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). </p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p> The name is derived from the Greek words  μικρος (small, tiny) and  σπιζιας (hawk). Its gender is masculine. The name refers to the small size of both species, especially that of  M. superciliosus . </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD47BCF8B7165109ACEB111F936FFCB7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Sangster, George;Kirwan, Guy M.;Fuchs, Jerome;Dickinson, Edward C.;Elliott, Andy;Gregory, Steven M. S.	Sangster, George, Kirwan, Guy M., Fuchs, Jerome, Dickinson, Edward C., Elliott, Andy, Gregory, Steven M. S. (2021): A new genus for the tiny hawk Accipiter superciliosus and semicollared hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the crested goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi goshawk A. griseiceps. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 419-424, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e67501, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e67501
