The Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk is a raptor of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Adults are marked by a vinous breast and slate-gray upperparts.
Adults have slate-colored upperparts, a vinous breast, and dirty-white belly and thighs. Juveniles are rufous above with dark spots or bars and streaked pale underparts.
It lives in forest from coastal areas to mountains and also uses mangroves and woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.