Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo regalis

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The ferruginous hawk (ferruginous = from Latin ferrum – iron, ferrugin-, iron rust, iron-rust color – reddish-brown), Buteo regalis (Latin, royal hawk), is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks. An old colloquial name is ferrugineous rough-leg, due to its similarity to the closely related rough-legged hawk (B. lagopus).

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  1. (c) rbbrummitt, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por rbbrummitt
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://hub.toolforge.org/P3151:5181?lang=

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