Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808

Sharp-shinned Hawk

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Bird

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Genus: Accipiter

Species: Accipiter striatus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
CT - State Endangered
RI - State Historical (1939)
VT - Uncommon (state rank: S3B, S3N) (Breeding and Non-breeding)
CT WAP (2015) - GCN (Most Important)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Accipiter striatus