Birds of Cuba - Accipiter

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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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba

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