Chickenhawk (bird) their supposed prey include: duck hawk (peregrine falcon), sparrowhawk (American kestrel), goshawk (northern goshawk), pigeon hawk (merlin), fish hawk (osprey), and quail hawk (Cooper's hawk). Chickenhawk (bird) In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk, also called a quail hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk. The term "chicken hawk", however, is inaccurate. Although Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks may attack other birds, chickens do not make up a significant part of their diets; red-tailed hawks have varied diets, but may opportunistically hunt
Rodrigues pigeon Rodrigues pigeon The Rodrigues pigeon, also known as Rodrigues dove ("Nesoenas rodericanus") is an extinct species of pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions of Leguat (1708) and Julien Tafforet (1726). This bird was assigned to the genus "Alectroenas", but this was erroneous. It is most similar to that of the ground doves ("Gallicolumba") or to a miniature version of the sternum of an imperial pigeon ("Ducula"). If this similarity is not based on convergence, considering the evolutionary relationships of the dodo and the