Ferruginous hawk
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1072109
Library of congress:
sh 96004565
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Bechard, M.J. Ferruginous hawk, 1995
- Cklist. No. Am. birds
- Howard birds world
- Terres, J.K. The Audubon Society encyc. of No. Am. birds
- Web. 3
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Wikipedia description:
The ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks. An old colloquial name is ferrugineous rough-leg, due to its similarity to the closely related rough-legged hawk (B. lagopus). The generic name buteo is Latin for 'buzzard'. The specific epithet regalis is Latin for 'royal' (from rex, regis, 'king'). The common name 'ferruginous' means 'rust-colored' or 'reddish-brown'. This species is a large, broad-winged hawk of the open, arid grasslands, prairie and shrub steppe country; it is endemic to the interior parts of North America. It is used as a falconry bird in its native ranges.
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