Birds of Mexico

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)  
Genus: Rupornis (1 species, 1 worldwide)



Roadside Hawk
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris magnirostris)
El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Roadside Hawk
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris magnirostris)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small to medium-sized hawk, and usually the most common hawk. rufous in wing seen during flight is distinctive. On Cozumel Roadside Hawks are brown on the back, and white in front with vertical barring on chest, and horizontal barring on belly.
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