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PRB-0219Accipitriformes

Ridgway's Hawk

Guaraguaito de la Española

Buteo ridgwayi

Accidental / vagrantIUCN CR · Critically Endangered

Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae endemic to the island of Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. It is classified as Critically Endangered because of habitat destruction and human persecution in the Dominican Republic; however, due to conservation efforts, the population is now increasing. It is named in honour of the ornithologist Robert Ridgway.

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FamilyAccipitridaeHawks, Eagles, and Kites

Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatforestsForest

Primary dietVertebrateVertivore

Average mass352.75 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementSedentary / residentInsessorial

Sound archive

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XC794274Recording 1 of 3call

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Sound recorded by Barry Edmonston · XC794274 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Ridgway's Hawk

Conservation

Critically Endangered

IUCN CR

Global IUCN: CR
Puerto Rico DNER: No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA: No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: forests
Elevation: 0–2000 m
Nest: Platform · Tree
Clutch: 2–2 eggs
Social behavior: Singly and pairs

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This bird belongs to 7 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Birds by habitatForest Birds159 birds →ConservationCritically Endangered Birds4 birds →ConservationGlobally Threatened Birds34 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoAccidental & Rare Birds205 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoMigrants & Vagrants221 birds →Bird familyHawks, Eagles, and Kites (Accipitridae)10 birds →

Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗BirdLife species factsheet↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Wikipedia en Español↗Media source · flickr.com↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗