Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

The Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is a 947 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

947 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Honduras, Belize.

Where to see it: Chichicaxtle · Observatorio de Aves Rapaces Dr. Mario A. Ramos (Mexico); Canopy Tower (Panama); Parque Ecológico El Haya (Mexico); Cattle Landing · waterfront (Belize); Finca La Gracia (Guatemala).

Photo: (c) Jonathan Eisen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonathan Eisen via iNaturalist