Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 6,076
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
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 bush steppe country; it is endemic to the interior parts of North America. It is used as a falconry bird in its native ranges.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ferruginous hawk”.