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ForestPlatform nestLarge · 519 g
What the Grey-lined Hawk sounds like
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The gray-lined hawk is 46–61 cm (18–24 in) in length and weighs 475 g (16.8 oz) average. The adult has a pale gray body, the tail is black with three white bands and the legs are orange. It has fine white barring on the upper parts. Immature birds have dark brown upperparts, a pale-banded brown tail, brown-spotted white underparts and a brown streaked buff head and neck. This species is quite short-winged, and has a fast agile flight for a Buteo.
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When to see the Grey-lined Hawk
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-lined Hawk
The map shades 20 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-lined Hawk
The gray-lined hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida. The species has been split by the American Ornithological Society from the gray hawk. The gray-lined hawk is found from El Salvador to Argentina, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.
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Easily confused with
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalisThis is the largest of the North American Buteos and is often mistaken for an eagle due to its size, proportions, and behavior.
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusThe short-tailed hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures.
Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatusThe zone-tailed hawk is a fairly large but slender Buteo hawk.
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