sharp-shinned hawk

sharp-shinned hawk (plural sharp-shinned hawks)

1. Accipiter striatus, the smallest hawk to reside in USA and Canada, which preys on songbirds.
   • 1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 105:

     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.

• Accipiter velox
• sharpie
• chickenhawk