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Sharp-shinned Hawk Range Map

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Migration

Resident to long-distance migrant. Sharp-shinned Hawks of the Appalachians and Western mountains may remain there year-round, whereas birds that breed in the northern U.S. and Canada leave their breeding grounds and may winter in the rest of the continental United States or migrate as far as southern Central America.

Map data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE. Modified by Neotropical Birds

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Hawks, Eagles, and Kites(Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae)

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