Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

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) [XC604819]
by Paul Marvin from San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call, call in flight display)

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) [XC529031]
by id from Departamento de Soriano - Parque Bartolom\u00e9 Hidalgo, Uruguay (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Swainsons Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) - 10 files

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