sharp-shinned hawk

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noun

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

However, there are certain species of hawks which are to be feared; these are the Cooper's hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk, the first being very destructive to poultry and the latter killing many wild birds.1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 105:

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