Sharp-shinned Hawk

Taxonomy

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Accipiter

eBird Code

shshaw

Subspecies (10)

• Accipiter striatus chionogaster

  oak-pine highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua

• Accipiter striatus erythronemius

  Bolivia and Paraguay to northern Argentina and southern Brazil

• Accipiter striatus fringilloides

  Cuba

• Accipiter striatus madrensis

  western Mexico (Guerrero and western Oaxaca)

• Accipiter striatus perobscurus

  Haida Gwaii and perhaps adjacent coastal British Columbia

• Accipiter striatus striatus

  Hispaniola

• Accipiter striatus suttoni

  locally from far southern New Mexico to southeastern Mexico (Veracruz)

• Accipiter striatus velox

  breeds Alaska and Canada to southern USA; winters to Panama

• Accipiter striatus venator

  Puerto Rico

• Accipiter striatus ventralis

  Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela to western Bolivia