Ridgway's Hawk
Buteo ridgwayi(Cory, CB, 1883)
English (US) Ridgway's Hawk
The Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: lowlands of Hispaniola and satellite islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buteo ridgwayi
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Ridgway's Hawk
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rupornis ridgwayi
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1883)
- Type locality
- Santo Domingo.
- Original description
- The Quarterly Journal of the Boston Zoological Society 2 p.46
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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