Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk

Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Accipiter
Species:
A. striatus
Subspecies:
A. s. venator
Trinomial name
Accipiter striatus venator
Wetmore (1914)[3]
Approximate range in orange

The Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus venator), falcón de sierra or gavilán pecho rufo in Spanish,[4] is an endemic subspecies of the North American sharp-shinned hawk, occurring only in Puerto Rico. Discovered in 1912[2]: 46711  and described as a distinct sub-species, it has been placed on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species because of its rapidly dwindling population in Puerto Rico.[1] It can be found in the Toro Negro State Forest.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus venator)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rivera, Marelisa; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (9 September 1994). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Puerto Rican Broad-Winged Hawk and the Puerto Rican Sharp-Shinned Hawk". Federal Register. 59 (174): 46710–46715. 59 FR 46710
  3. ^ "Accipiter striatus". www.fs.fed.us.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013.