Sharp-shinned hawk

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
Binomial name
Accipiter striatus
Vieillot, 1808
Subspecies

A. s. chionogaster
A. s. erythronemius
A. s. fringilloides
A. s. madrensis
A. s. perobscurus
A. s. striatus
A. s. suttoni
A. s. velox
A. s. venator
A. s. ventralis

  Breeding
  Year-round
  Non-breeding
Synonyms

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sharp-shinned Hawk – birdfinding.info". 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List. 14.1. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Lepage, Denis (ed.). "Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Vieillot, LJP 1808". Avibase. Retrieved 24 March 2024.