Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius) - HBW 2, p. 184
French: Buse d'Hawaï
German: Hawaiibussard
Spanish: Busardo Hawaiano
Other common names: 'Io
Taxonomy: Buteo solitarius Peale, 1848, Kealakelua Bay, Hawaii.
Mistakenly identified as Onychotes gruberi, a new species from California by Ridgway in 1885. Monotypic.
Distribution: Endemic to Hawaiian Is; known to breed only on Hawaii I, but vagrants seen on at least three other islands of archipelago.
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A pair of birds on a branch, one of them calling Locality Pulualualumau, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 4.1 -
An open view of the habitat and two birds on a branch Locality Pulualualumau, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2007 4 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A pair perched and spreading the wings Locality Pulualualumau, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A dark morph individual on a branch Locality Upper Maulua Unit, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2007 4 years ago 26 sec 3.4
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Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius)
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
Dani Valverde 12 April 2009 1 year ago 2.2 -
A dark morph bird perched on a dead tree
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
Aleix Comas 30 July 2009 2 years ago 2
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