Complex sentence: The Sharp-shinned Hawk ("Accipiter striatus") is a small hawk described from Hispaniola, with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some Neotropical species, such as Tiny Hawk.
Split into simpler sentences: The Sharp-shinned Hawk ("Accipiter striatus") is a small hawk. It is the smallest hawk in the United States and Canada, but larger than some Neotropical species, such as the Tiny Hawk.