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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.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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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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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 36-46 cm
Envergadura: 86-102 cm
Peso: 0.4-0.65 kg
Esperanza de vida: 10-15 años
Top Speed: 120 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-3
Incubación: 33-36 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Small Passerine Birds
Mice
Volves
Lizards
Large Insects

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.