Hawks & Eagles

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Eckschwanzsperber

Accipiter striatus

Hawks & Eagles2 photosFirst seen: 26 August 2026

The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a small forest hawk with short rounded wings and a long tail. It hunts mainly small birds in quick flights through dense cover and may also appear near feeders. Adults are gray above with reddish barring below; immatures are brown above and vertically streaked beneath.

ID tip: Compared with Cooper's Hawk, look for a smaller head, thinner legs and a squarer tail tip that can appear notched. Cooper's Hawk usually shows a more projecting head and a more rounded, broadly white-tipped tail.

First seen: 26 August 2026 · Girdwood · 2 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Girdwood26 August 2026

Family: Hawks & Eagles (Accipitridae)
Length: 24–34 cm
Wingspan: 43–56 cm
Regional status: Summer visitor (Alaska, USA)
Conservation: Least Concern LCIUCN Red List · retrieved 27 August 2026
Habitat: Conifer and mixed forests, forest edges and wooded neighborhoods
Diet: Mostly small birds; also small mammals and large insects

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

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