Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo regalis (Gray, GR, 1844)

Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis, breeds from southern Canada to west-central USA and moves to northern Mexico outside the breeding season. It is a large hawk of open, dry grassland, prairie and bush steppe in the interior of North America. It belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks and is also known by the older name ferrugineous rough-leg, reflecting its resemblance to the Rough-legged Hawk. The species was described by Gray in 1844 and is used as a falconry bird within its native range.

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae — Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Breeding range

North America: sc Canada to wc USA

Nonbreeding range

n Mexico