Birds of Costa Rica

Genus Accipiter are hawks with short wings and long tails, and are suited best for hunting in the forest. Immatures often have vertically running spots in front.


Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
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A relatively small and thin North American hawk which migrates south as far as Panama.

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