Editing Sharp-shinned hawk (section)

==Distribution==
This species is widespread in [[North America]], [[Central America]], [[South America]] and the [[Greater Antilles]]. Below, the distributions of the four groups (see ''Taxonomy'') are described as they occur roughly from north to south:

* The nominate (''A. s. striatus'') group is widespread in [[North America]], occurring in all of the forested part of USA and Canada, breeding in most of it. Populations in the northern part of the range [[Bird migration|migrate]] south and spend the non-breeding season (winter) in the southern USA, [[Mexico]] and Central America as far south as [[Panama]], with a smaller number spending the winter in the Greater Antilles. [[Resident bird|Resident]] populations exist in [[temperate]] parts of the US, [[Canada]] (in a few coastal regions), Mexico (highlands from [[Sonora]] to [[Oaxaca]]), [[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]] and [[Puerto Rico]].
* ''A. (s.) chionogaster'' (white-breasted hawk) occurs in highlands from far southern Mexico ([[Chiapas]] and [[Oaxaca]]), through [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]], to [[Nicaragua]]. It is, as far as known, resident, but some local movements may occur.
* ''A. (s.) ventralis'' (plain-breasted hawk) occurs in the coastal mountains of northern [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]], south through the [[Andes]] from western Venezuela, through Colombia, [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]], to central [[Bolivia]]. A [[Disjunct distribution|disjunct]] population occurs in the [[Tepui]]s of southern Venezuela (likely to extend into adjacent parts of [[Roraima]] in far northern [[Brazil]], but this remains unconfirmed). It is, as far as known, resident, but some local movements may occur.
* ''A. (s.) erythronemius'' (rufous-thighed hawk) is widespread in eastern [[South America]] in eastern and southern Brazil, [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]], north-eastern [[Argentina]] and south-eastern Bolivia. It is, as far as known, resident in some regions and migratory in others. The movements are generally poorly understood, but it only occurs seasonally at some localities in Argentina.