Sharp-shinned hawk
| Sharp-shinned hawk | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Accipiter |
| Species: | A. striatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808
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| Subspecies | |
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A. s. chionogaster | |
Breeding Year-round Non-breeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Accipiter velox | |
The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) or northern sharp-shinned hawk, commonly known as a sharpie,[2] is a small hawk, with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some Neotropical species, such as the tiny hawk. The taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to represent three separate species: white-breasted hawk (A. chionogaster), plain-breasted hawk (A. ventralis), and rufous-thighed hawk (A. erythronemius).[3] The American Ornithological Society and some other checklists keep all four species conspecific.[4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Accipiter striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22734130A155416546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22734130A155416546.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Sharp-shinned Hawk – birdfinding.info". 16 May 2020.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (eds.). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List. 14.1. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Lepage, Denis (ed.). "Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Vieillot, LJP 1808". Avibase. Retrieved 24 March 2024.