Accipiter striatus ORDER: FALCONIFORMES FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Johann Schumacher/CLO
A small hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is a regular visitor to bird feeders, where it eats birds, not seed. The male and female show a greater disparity in size than any other American hawk; the female is nearly twice the weight of the male.
Call a series of sharp "kik" notes.