sharp-shinned hawk

English

Noun

sharp-shinned hawk (plural sharp-shinned hawks)

1. Accipiter striatus, the smallest hawk to reside in USA and Canada, which preys on songbirds.

Synonyms

• Accipiter velox
• sharpie
• chickenhawk

Translations

a small hawk

• Finnish: amerikanvarpushaukka (fi)
• French: épervier brun m
• Hungarian: csíkos karvaly (hu)
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• Japanese: アシボソハイタカ
• Norwegian: tverrhalehauk m
• Swedish: amerikansk sparvhök c