Raptors Hawks

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Category Description:

Hawks are members of the Accipitridae family of Raptors that includes Eagles, Vultures, Buzzards, and Kites.

Details found in this category include taxonomy, breeding and nesting, physical characteristics, prey, hunting, flight, social behavior, range, habitat, migration, threats, status, and conservation efforts.

  • Broad-Winged Hawk  - Details from the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota include habitat, feeding habits, range, names, characteristics, nesting, center patients, and status.
  • Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)  - Summary and detailed account pages tell about appearance, mating, sounds, other names, range, habitat, behavior, and conservation status.
  • Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)  - Species report explains size and wingspan, derivation of scientific name, markings and coloring, hunting style, voice, range, fledgling, and usual diet.
  • Common Black Hawk  - From University of Minnesota Raptor Center, facts look at habitat, range, names, characteristics, feeding habits, and nesting.
  • Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)  - Gives size and appearance, reproduction, names, habitat and map, images, social behavior, and use in falconry. From Peregrine Fund factsheet.
  • Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)  - Covers derivation of scientific name, coloration of juveniles, flight pattern, alarm call, populations, social units, territories, and hunting strategies.
  • Peregrine Fund: Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  - Furnishes breeding and nesting details, images, map of range, preferred habitat, hunting behavior, source of names, and interesting facts.
  • Peregrine Fund: Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)  - Furnishes measurements, hunting behavior, nesting areas, related species, common and other names, and distribution.
  • Raptor Species: Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)  - Consists of classification, size range, locations and habitat, coloration, flight, nest materials, and types of pursuit. From Carolina Raptor Center.
  • Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  - Reviews size, photographs, distribution map, breeding and nesting, hunting, diet, meaning of name, and interesting facts.
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  - Looks at primary diet, hunting, pictures, eye color, migration and range, measurements, map, and name source. From The Peregrine Fund.
  • Sparrowhawk  - Looks at male and female appearance, flight, drawings and similar species, diet, estimated UK population, and links to hunting and mortality details.
  • Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)  - Pictures accompany information on source of name, size, appearance, sounds, nesting, diet and hunting, distribution, breeding, and status.
  • Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)  - Information from the Peregrine Fund includes reproduction, diet and hunting, derivation and common names, size, migration, and behavior.
 
 
 
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