Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk
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The Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus venator), falcón de sierra or gavilán pecho rufo in Spanish,[4] is an endemic subspecies of the North American sharp-shinned hawk, occurring only in Puerto Rico. Discovered in 1912[2]: 46711 and described as a distinct sub-species, it has been placed on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species because of its rapidly dwindling population in Puerto Rico.[1] It can be found in the Toro Negro State Forest.[5]
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Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Accipiter |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | A. s. venator |
Trinomial name | |
Accipiter striatus venator Wetmore (1914)[3] | |
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