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Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

The Short-tailed Hawk is a beautiful bird with a short tail and strong wings. It loves to soar high in the sky and can be seen gliding over forests and fields.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Short-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized raptor with two main color forms: a dark morph that is almost entirely dark brown, and a light morph with white underparts and dark upperparts. Both morphs have a distinctive banded tail with a wide dark band near the tip.

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Short-tailed Hawk

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Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Some Short-tailed Hawks have light feathers, while others are almost completely dark!

These clever birds catch most of their food while diving from hundreds of feet up!

They're expert fliers, often hunting by soaring so high they look like tiny dots!

Unlike many raptors, they often hunt small, fast-moving birds right out of the air!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sky Scanner

Short-tailed Hawk has incredibly sharp eyesight that helps them spot tiny prey from very high up in the sky.

Fähigkeit

Dive Bomb

Short-tailed Hawk can fold its wings and dive rapidly to catch unsuspecting prey with amazing speed and precision.

Fähigkeit

Thermal Rider

Short-tailed Hawk uses warm air currents to soar effortlessly for hours, saving energy while searching for food.

Maße und Details

Länge
36-46 cm
Flügelspannweite
86-102 cm
Gewicht
0.4-0.65 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
120 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-3
Brutzeit
33-36 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These agile raptors mainly hunt small birds and rodents by diving swiftly from high in the sky.

Hauptnahrung

  • Small Passerine Birds
  • Mice
  • Volves
  • Lizards
  • Large Insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

A favorite prey bird, often caught mid-flight.

hunts

Cotton Mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus

Hunts these common rodents in open woodland areas.

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Owls may prey on eggs or young in the nest.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Always watch birds from a distance and never try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Short-tailed Hawk?

36-46 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Short-tailed Hawk?

86-102 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Short-tailed Hawk?

0.4-0.65 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Short-tailed Hawk?

10-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Short-tailed Hawk?

120 km/h

Was frisst Short-tailed Hawk?

These agile raptors mainly hunt small birds and rodents by diving swiftly from high in the sky.

Wo findet man Short-tailed Hawk normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Short-tailed Hawk?

Pursuit

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