Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Rufous-tailed Hawk

Buteo ventralis

The Rufous-tailed Hawk (Buteo ventralis) is a 1.2 kg forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

1.2 kg

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

2

Photo: (c) Ezequiel Racker, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist