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 LC    Swainson's Hawk* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo swainsoni

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
46 - 52 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1838

Habitat
Temperate grassland. From 500 - 2,100 m, occasionally to 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (NB), USA (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Chile, Dominican Republic, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago.

Western and central North America from Alaska south-east to Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico. Winters mostly in South America, especially in northern Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay; also some birds in southern and western USA.
 
Population
Estimated population is 490,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

 
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) [XC267710]
     by Ted Floyd from Benson, Cache County, Utah, United States (call)

 
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) [XC418250]
     by Julia Wittmann from Miller Lane, Lyon County, Nevada, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Swainsons Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) - 10 files


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