Tag: Kites, hawks and eagles

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo lagopus | [authority] Pontoppidan, 1763 | [UK] Rough-legged Hawk | [FR] Buse pattue | [DE] Rauhfuss-Bussard | [ES] Ratonero Calzado | [NL] Ruigpootbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons are of […]

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo jamaicensis | [authority] Gmelin, 1788 | [UK] Red-tailed Hawk | [FR] Buse a queue rousse | [DE] Rotschwanz-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Colirrojo | [NL] Roodstaartbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons […]

Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Accipiter toussenelii | [authority] Verreaux, 1855 | [UK] Red-chested Goshawk | [FR] Autour de Toussenel | [DE] Rotbrusthabicht | [ES] Azor de Toussenel | [NL] Afrikaanse havik Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Accipiter are small and medium-sized hawks, often called Sparrow-hawks or Goshawks. The females […]

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo lineatus | [authority] Gmelin, 1788 | [UK] Red-shouldered Hawk | [FR] Buse a epaulettes | [DE] Rotschulter-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Hombrorrojo | [NL] Roodschouderbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons are […]

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Erythrotriorchis radiatus | [authority] Latham, 1801 | [UK] Red Goshawk | [FR] Autour rouge | [DE] Fuchshabicht | [ES] Azor rojo | [NL] Rosse Havik Subspecies Monotypic species Genus There are two species in the genus Erythrotriorchis and both reside in Southern Pacific regions. The chestnut-shouldered goshawk habitat […]

Red-necked Buzzard (Buteo auguralis)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo auguralis | [authority] Salvadori, 1865 | [UK] Red-necked Buzzard | [FR] Buse d’Afrique | [DE] Salvadoribussard | [ES] Busardo cuellirrojo | [NL] Afrikaanse Roodstaartbuizerd Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Buteo auguralis AF w, c Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted […]