Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)

Other Names (World)
Ferruginous Hawk, Ferruginous Roughleg

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
58 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1844)

Habitat
Temperate grassland, shrub-steppes and deserts. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B), Mexico (NB), USA (B) (NB).

Southern Canada from southern Alberta to south-western Manitoba, south through west-central USA to northern Texas; winters south to northern Mexico.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 (2010) and increasing.

Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation through cultivation, over-grazing and fire, and the controlling of small mammal populations (prairie-dog towns and gopher populations) limiting food resources, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) [XC754355]
by Thomas Magarian from Big Butter Creek Lane, Morrow County, Oregon, United States (call)

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) [XC333644]
by Thomas Magarian from Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Formerly placed, together with Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus), in now obsolete genera Triorchis or Archibuteo.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) - 10 files

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