Listen to the Roadside hawk
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About the Roadside hawk
The Roadside hawk is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Roadside hawk sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, song and roadside hawk belize. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.
More from the family Accipitridae
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Eurasian goshawk
Astur gentilis
Black kite
Milvus migrans
Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Eurasian griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus
Red kite
Milvus milvus
Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
Short-toed snake eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Booted eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Bonelli's eagle
Aquila fasciata
Frequently asked questions
What does a Roadside hawk sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Roadside hawk on this page, including its call, song and roadside hawk belize. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Roadside hawk endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Roadside hawk as “least concern”.
What family does the Roadside hawk belong to?
The Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Bosques de Bavaria, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia by Diego Cueva – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Roadside Hawk Belize by Nosferattus – CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q426708 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Roadside hawk – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes from Goiânia, Brazil – CC BY 2.0