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Illustration of a Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) egg, 37.5 × 30.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Accipiter striatus

  • 37.5 × 30.4 mm
  • Clutch: 3–8 eggs
Breeds in Canada and United States, Mexico, Central America (5 countries), the Caribbean and South America (10 countries)
show all 19Canada & United States: Canada, United States
Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
The Caribbean: Caribbean islands
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Dull-white or pale-blue splotched with brown, violet, red, or hazel.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 58 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 167, 1937), p. 99.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum).
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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