Roadside hawk

Roadside hawk
In Goiás, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Rupornis
Kaup, 1844
Species:
R. magnirostris
Binomial name
Rupornis magnirostris
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Synonyms

Buteo magnirostris

Roadside Hawk, Palo Verde Nat'l. Park, Costa Rica
R. m. griseocauda eating speckled racer, Belize
Immature, the Pantanal, Brazil

The roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Rupornis magnirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22695880A168800737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695880A168800737.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SACC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).