Buteo regalis (ferruginous rough-legged hawk)

Overview

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Rosse ruigpootbuizerd

Common Names in English:

chap-hawk, eagle hawk, Ferruginous Buzzard, ferruginous hawk, ferruginous rough-leg hawk, ferruginous rough-legged hawk, gopher hawk, rusty squirrel hawk, squirrel hawk

Common Names in French:

Buse rouilleuse

Common Names in German:

Königsbussard

Common Names in Japanese:

アカケアシノスリ

Common Names in Spanish:

Aguililla real

Description

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Physical Description

Adult Light Morph : Head : rufous streaked Face : Cere: yellow Facial Skin : yellow Neck: reddish lateral throat stripe Body: Underparts: white with light reddish brown spotting Tail: pale with buff-gray tip.

Habitat

Vegetation: northern temperate grasslands, arid montane scrubs • Maximum Elevation: 1,900 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,771 meters (0 to 12,372 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Falconimorphae () - Seebohm, 1890
        Order: Falconiformes () - Sharpe, 1874
        Suborder: Accipitres () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Infraorder: Falconides () - Sharpe, 1874
        Parvorder: Accipitrida ()
        Superfamily: Accipitroidea () - Vieillot, 1816
        Family: Accipitridae () - Vieillot, 1816
        Subfamily: Accipitrinae ()
        Genus: Buteo () - de Lacépède, 1799
        Specific name: regalis
        Scientific name: - Buteo regalis

Synonyms

Buteo regalis (Gray, 1844)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Buteo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. albicaudatus (Sennett's White-Tailed Hawk) · B. albicaudatus albicaudatus (White-Tailed Hawk) · B. albicaudatus hypospodius (White-Tailed Hawk) · B. albigula (White-Throated Hawk) · B. albonotatus (Band-Tailed Black Hawk) · B. albonotatus albonotatus (Band-Tailed Black Hawk) · B. archeri (Archer's Buzzard) · B. augur (Augur Buzzard) · B. auguralis (African Red-Tailed Buzzard) · B. brachypterus (Madagascar Buzzard) · B. brachyurus (Short-Tailed Buzzard) · B. brachyurus brachyurus (Short-Tailed Buzzard) · B. buteo (Western Steppe-Buzard) · B. galapagoensis (Galápagos Hawk) · B. hemilasius (Upland Buzzard) · B. jamaicensis (Red-Tailed (Harlan) Hawk) · B. jamaicensis buteo (Red-Tailed (Harlan) Hawk) · B. lagopus (American Rough-Legged Hawk) · B. lagopus pallidus (Rough-Legged Hawk) · B. leucorrhous (White-Rumped Hawk) · B. lineatus (Red-Shouldered Buzzard) · B. lineatus alleni (Red-Shouldered Hawk) · B. lineatus elegans (Red-Shouldered Hawk) · B. lineatus extimus (Red-Shouldered Hawk) · B. lineatus lineatus (Red-Shouldered Hawk) · B. lineatus texanus (Red-Shouldered Hawk) · B. magnirostris (Large-Billed Hawk) · B. magnirostris magnirostris (Roadside Hawk) · B. magnirostris pucherani (Roadside Hawk) · B. nitidus (Shining Buzzard Hawk) · B. nitidus maxima (Gray Hawk) · B. nitidus maximus (Gray Hawk) · B. nitidus nitidus (Gray Hawk) · B. oreophilus (Forest Buzzard) · B. platypterus (Broad-Winged Buzzard) · B. platypterus platypterus (Broad-Winged Hawk) · B. poecilochrous (Gurner's Buzzard) · B. polyosoma (Red-Backed Hawk) · B. polyosoma polyosoma (Red-Backed Hawk) · (Ferruginous Rough-Legged Hawk) · B. ridgwayi (Hispaniolan Hawk) · B. rufinus (Long-Legged Buzzard) · B. rufofuscus (Jackal Buzzard) · B. rufofuscus rufofuscus (Jackal Buzzard) · B. socotraensis (Socotra Buzzard) · B. solitarius (Gruber's Hawk) · B. swainsoni (Swainson's Buzzard) · B. swainsonii (Swainson's Hawk) · B. ventralis (Red-Tailed Hawk)

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
Avian Knowledge Network: Hawk Migration Association of North America - HawkCount
Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
Bird Studies Canada: BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8627
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175377
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481930
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175377
IUCN ID: 196530
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNKC19120
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6879

Footnotes

Mean = 1,188.660 meters (3,899.803 feet), Standard Deviation = 714.520 based on 3,254 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]