#0987 · 🐦 birds

Harris's Hawk

🇳🇱 Woestijnbuizerd ·Parabuteo unicinctus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The Harris's hawk ( Parabuteo unicinctus ) formerly known as the bay-winged hawk or dusky hawk , is a medium-large bird of prey that breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile, central Argentina, and Brazil. Birds are sometimes reported at large in Western Europe, especially Britain, but it is a popular species in falconry and these records almost certainly all refer to escapes from captivity.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,702iNaturalist observations
weight 997.7 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).