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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 Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk feeds primarily on small birds ranging in size from tanagers to hummingbirds. It requires a home range of approximately 150 hectares (370 acres). Females lay two to three white eggs in March or April and incubate them while the male searches for food. Average incubation period is approximately 32 days.
Sharp-Shinned Hawk As their name suggests, sharp-shinned hawks have very slender legs and wings for navigating dense forests. They remind us to look beyond limiting beliefs and recognize the gifts ...
The plain-breasted hawk (Accipiter ventralis) is a small hawk described from Venezuela to western Bolivia.It is usually considered a subspecies of the sharp-shinned hawk by most taxonomists, including the American Ornithological Society, but the taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to represent three separate species: white-breasted hawk (A ...
The white-breasted hawk (Accipiter chionogaster) is a small hawk found from southern Mexico to Nicaragua.It is usually considered a subspecies of the sharp-shinned hawk by most taxonomists, including the American Ornithological Society, but the taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to represent three separate species: white-breasted hawk (A ...
The rufous-thighed hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) is a small hawk found from southern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia to Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.It is usually considered a subspecies of the sharp-shinned hawk by most taxonomists, including the American Ornithological Society, but the taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to ...
Left to right: Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk (not to scale). In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk (also called a quail hawk), the sharp-shinned hawk, and the Buteo species red-tailed hawk.
Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus [12] Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis (A) Ridgway's hawk, Buteo ridgwayi (E) Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus (A) Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni (A) Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; Hispaniolan sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus striatus (E) [13]