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
Norfolk pigeon 1901. Direct hunting by humans was probably the dominant cause of extinction. The first description of the species was given by John Latham, in his 1801 work "Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici". Twenty specimens of the Norfolk Pigeon are known. Three of these are in the Natural History Museum, Leiden. The Government of Norfolk Island released a stamp commemorating the bird on February 24, 1971. Norfolk pigeon The Norfolk pigeon or Norfolk Island pigeon ("Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea"), sometimes called a wood quest, was a subspecies of the New Zealand pigeon that inhabited Norfolk Island. It became extinct around the turn of the