Accipiters
Accipiters have slender bodies, relatively short, broad wings, and long tails, legs, and talons. Accipiters are well adapted for maneuverability and rapid in-flight hunting, able to pursue and grasp prey in dense shrubby habitat, sometimes pursuing them on foot right into the bushes. They mainly hunt other birds but also take small mammals such as rats, squirrels, and rabbits. All three North American accipiter species are diurnal hunters.