#1339 · 🐦 birds

Roadside Hawk

🇳🇱 Wegbuizerd ·Rupornis magnirostris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
3. © Roberto González · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © eduardovieira17 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Dean Thompson · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andrés Müller · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Aitor · CC BY 4.0
8. © Gabriel Camilo Jaramillo Giraldo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The roadside hawk ( Rupornis magnirostris ) is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 37,778iNaturalist observations
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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
37,778 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).