Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Roadside Hawk
The Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Rupornis magnirostris
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Roadside Hawk
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 12 subspecies for this species.
- Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda
- Rupornis magnirostris conspectus
- Rupornis magnirostris gracilis
- Rupornis magnirostris sinushonduri
- Rupornis magnirostris petulans
- Rupornis magnirostris alius
- Rupornis magnirostris magnirostris
- Rupornis magnirostris occiduus
- Rupornis magnirostris saturatus
- Rupornis magnirostris nattereri
- Rupornis magnirostris magniplumis
- Rupornis magnirostris pucherani
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco magnirostris
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.282
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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