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Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus (A) Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus; Gray hawk, Buteo plagiatus (H) (A) Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus; Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus; Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni; Zone-tailed hawk, Buteo albonotatus (A) Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus
On the pale morph hawk-eagle's underside, the base colour is white to buff overlaid with bold black to dark brown streaking; the streaking tends to be more subtle on abdomen but more obvious on the legs. Beyond the typical pale morph, some subspecies but especially N. c. liminaeetus tend to have a further intermediate and a dark morph. The ...
Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is a large bird species in the Accipitriformes order. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist.It is colloquially known as the grasshopper hawk or locust hawk, as it is very fond of Acrididae (locusts and grasshoppers) and will voraciously eat these insects whenever they are available.
Krider's hawk or Krider's red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii) [1] is a subspecies or color morph of red-tailed hawk. [2] Authorities vary in their treatment of the taxon . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was named after John Krider , the gunsmith from Philadelphia who collected the type specimen, which is preserved in the collection of the ...
Dark-morph bird on nest Light-morph in captivity This is the largest of the North American Buteos and is often mistaken for an eagle due to its size, proportions, and behavior. Among all the nearly thirty species of Buteo in the world, only the upland buzzard ( B. hemilasius ) of Asia averages larger in length and wingspan.
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The white-tailed hawk is a large, stocky hawk. It is close in size to the Swainson's (Buteo swainsoni) and red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), its mean measurements falling slightly ahead of the first, and slightly behind the latter. It can attain a total length of 44–60 cm (17–24 in) and a wingspan of 118–143 cm (46–56 in).
A baby red-tailed hawk, right, was plucked by bald eagle parents and is now sharing a nest in San Simeon with two eaglets, seen on May 21, 2024.