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 CR    Ridgway's Hawk* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo ridgwayi

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
36 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cory, 1883)

Habitat
Rainforest, subtropical dry and moist forests, pine forest, limestone karst forest and marshland, and occasionally secondary and agricultural habitats. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Dominican Republic (B), Haiti (E) (B).

Vagrant to Puerto Rico.

Hispaniola and several adjacent islets.
 
Population
Estimated population is 160 - 240 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearance for livestock farming, coffee and other crop plantations, direct persecution, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Shrill calls and squeals.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) [XC722810]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Ver\u00f3n Punta Cana (D. M.). (near Punta Cana), Hig\u00fcey, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic (alarm call)

 
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) [XC308592]
     by id from Paraiso Ca\u00f1o Hondo, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic (call)

Subspecies
Appears closely allied to Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus), Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) and especially Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). This group perhaps more closely tied to Leucopternis than Buteo.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) which is larger and adults have reddish tail.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Ridgways Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) - 10 files


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