"sharp-shinned hawk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sharp-shinned hawks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sharp-shinned hawk (plural sharp-shinned hawks)
  1. Accipiter striatus, the smallest hawk to reside in USA and Canada, which preys on songbirds. Wikipedia link: sharp-shinned hawk Categories (lifeform): Accipiters Synonyms: Accipiter velox, sharpie, chickenhawk Translations (a small hawk): amerikanvarpushaukka (Finnish), épervier brun [masculine] (French), csíkos karvaly (Hungarian), アシボソハイタカ (Japanese), tverrhalehauk [masculine] (Norwegian), amerikansk sparvhök [common-gender] (Swedish)

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