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The black-faced hawk is a medium-sized hawk with black and white plumage. It has a white underbelly, a large white head streaked with some black and a characteristic black "mask". [2] Below the black mask, it has a dark orange cere and a black tipped bill. [2] The back of the hawk is dark all the way down to the tail with some mottling. However ...
The adult common black-hawk is 43–53 cm (17–21 in) long and weighs 930 g (33 oz) on average. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black or dark gray. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow.
The lightest known species is the roadside hawk, [a] at an average of 269 g (9.5 oz) although the lesser known white-rumped and Ridgway's hawks are similarly small in average wingspan around 75 cm (30 in), and average length around 35 cm (14 in) in standard measurements.
Cuban black hawk: Accipitridae: Buteogallus gundlachii (Cabanis, 1855) 217 Rufous crab hawk: Accipitridae: Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 218 Savanna hawk: Accipitridae: Buteogallus meridionalis (Latham, 1790) 219 White-necked hawk: Accipitridae: Buteogallus lacernulatus (Temminck, 1827) 220 Great black hawk: Accipitridae
Falconry was once called "hawking", and any bird used for falconry could be referred to as a hawk. [4]Aristotle listed eleven types of ἱέρακες (hierakes, hawks; singular ἱέραξ, hierax): aisalōn (merlin), asterias, hypotriorchēs, kirkos, leios, perkos, phassophonos, phrynologos, pternis, spizias, and triorchēs.
The genus Buteogallus was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson to accommodate the rufous crab hawk, which is therefore the type species. [2] [3] The name is a portmanteau of the genus name Buteo introduced in 1779 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède for the buzzards and the genus Gallus introduced in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the junglefowl. [4]
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore hawk feathers and headdresses to symbolize Ra, the sun god, who took the form of a hawk. Hawks were believed to be mediators between gods and humans, guiding souls ...
The savanna hawk is 46–61 cm (18–24 in) in length and weighs 845 g (29.8 oz). [4] The adult has a rufous body with grey mottling above and fine black barring below. The flight feathers of the long broad wings are black, and the tail is banded black and white. [2] [4] The legs are yellow. The call is a loud scream keeeeru. [4]