Editing Sharp-shinned hawk (section)

{{short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Accipiter striatus, Canet Road, San Luis Obispo 1.jpg
| image2 = Sharp-shinned Hawk.ogg
| image_caption = 
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=''Accipiter striatus'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T22734130A155416546 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22734130A155416546.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Accipiter
| species = striatus
| authority = [[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1808
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = ''[[Sharp-shinned Hawk|A. s. chionogaster]] <br> [[Rufous-thighed hawk|A. s. erythronemius]] <br> A. s. fringilloides <br> A. s. madrensis <br> A. s. perobscurus <br> A. s. striatus <br> A. s. suttoni <br> A. s. velox <br> [[Accipiter striatus venator|A. s. venator]] <br> [[Plain-breasted hawk|A. s. ventralis]]''
| synonyms =
''Accipiter velox''
| range_map = Accipiter striatus map.svg
| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#FF7F2A|Breeding}}{{leftlegend|#7137C8|Year-round}}{{leftlegend|#5F8DD3|Non-breeding}}
}}

The '''sharp-shinned hawk''' ('''''Accipiter striatus''''') or '''northern sharp-shinned hawk''', commonly known as a '''sharpie''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://birdfinding.info/sharp-shinned-hawk/ | title=Sharp-shinned Hawk – birdfinding.info | date=16 May 2020 }}</ref> is a small [[hawk]], with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some [[Neotropical realm|Neotropical]] species, such as the [[tiny hawk]]. The [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern [[taxon|taxa]] to represent three separate species: [[white-breasted hawk]] (''A. chionogaster''), [[plain-breasted hawk]] (''A. ventralis''), and [[rufous-thighed hawk]] (''A. erythronemius'').<ref name=IOC14.1>{{BioRef|IOC|title=Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/raptors/#1707928385R7706 |version=14.1 |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> The [[American Ornithological Society]] and some other checklists keep all four species conspecific.<ref>{{BioRef|avibase|title=Sharp-shinned Hawk ''Accipiter striatus'' Vieillot, LJP 1808  |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=F2B44500C0E8918E&sec=taxontable |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>