Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) - HBW 2, p. 174
French: Buse de Harris
German: Wüstenbussard
Spanish: Busardo Mixto
Other common names: Bay winged Hawk
Taxonomy: Falco unicinctus Temminck, 1824, Boa Vista, western Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Population of SW USA and NW Mexico has been recognized as distinct race, superior, but not generally accepted. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- harrisi (Audubon, 1837) - SW USA (S California to Texas) through Mexico and Central America (except Belize and Honduras) to drier Pacific slope regions of W Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
- unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) - NE Colombia and W Venezuela S through E Bolivia and C & NE Brazil (Maranhão and Ceará) to S Argentina (Río Negro) and SC Chile (Aisén).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a pole, calling twice Locality Macuiltépetl Ecological Park, Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp harrisi)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 4 -
An adult on the top of a tree. Locality Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp harrisi)
Bill Wayman 1 February 2008 2 years ago 36 sec 3.6 -
An immature bird perching on a tree and then flying. Locality Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp unicinctus)
German Pugnali 5 July 2009 2 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched, looking around and flying away Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp harrisi)
Eldert Groenewoud 28 February 2007 3 years ago 16 sec 2.8 -
Close-up views of a bird on a perch Locality Macuiltépetl Ecological Park, Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp harrisi)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 4 years ago 42 sec 2.4 -
A bird hovering. Locality Canudos, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp unicinctus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 October 2008 2 years ago 51 sec 2.3
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This bird is part of a collection of raptors at The Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ. This bird has just finished a flight to the tr
Locality Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA (United States)
georgeanast 22 February 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
An individual perched on a branch at the top of a tree.
Locality Hato Masaguaral, Guárico State, Venezuela (ssp unicinctus)
Eduardo López 25 August 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
Photo taken in a wildpark in Germany, but it shows the rarely seen upper wing color of this bird.
Locality Germany
squeek2301 10 June 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
An adult male close-up
Locality La Selvotta Park, Formello, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 8 January 2012 5 weeks ago 4 -
An adult female (larger than male)
Locality La Selvotta Park, Formello, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 8 January 2012 5 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in the little zoo of Jandia
Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 11 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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Calls from two birds. Locality Machalilla National Park, Manabí Province, Ecuador
(ssp harrisi)
Nick Athanas 28 July 2001 2 years ago 0
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