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Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi Busardo de La Española
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi Busardo de La Española
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Photo: M. Oberle*
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Similar in size to the Broad-winged Hawk, but the adult has a gray head and upper breast, reddish brown thighs and belly, and a black and white barred tail. The immature (at left in photo above) has streaked undersides. Length: 35-40 cm. Endemic to Hispaniola. This species is considered critically endangered with a total population of less than 250. Accidental on Culebra, April 1984. In its native Dominican Republic, a common, Spanish name for this bird is "Guaraguaíto", which is also one of the common names for the Broad-winged Hawk in Puerto Rico. This is an example of how vernacular names can cause confusion from location to location, even on two neighboring islands within a hundred miles of each other. TAXONOMY: FALCONIFORMES; ACCIPITRIDAE; Accipitrinae References BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened birds of the world. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, UK. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1994. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 2, New World vultures to guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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