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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus · Family Accipitridae
Accipiter striatus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,947,222
- Countries and territories with records
- 32
About this species
This species has 1,947,222 occurrence records from 32 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (79.4%), Canada (17.2%) and Mexico (1.4%); together they account for 97.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Accipiter striatus combines the genus name Accipiter with the species epithet striatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Accipiter; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Accipiter nisus, Accipiter ovampensis and Accipiter rufiventris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 4.7 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.