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GRAY HAWK FACTS
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Description
The Grey Hawk has a light gray body. Birds from southern part of range have fine white barring, while birds from northern parts of the range are plain gray above. The tail is black with three white bands. The legs are orange, and bill is dark gray. Immature birds are brown above with buff streaks on the head and neck, white below spotted with brown, and have brown bands on the tail.
Other Names
Grey-lined Hawk
Size
46cm - 61cm
Environment
open country and forest edges
Food
feeds on lizards and snakes, also eats some small mammals, birds and frogs.
Breeding
The nest is made of sticks and built high in a tree. Lays one to three white to pale blue eggs.
Range
breeds in south western United States, Mexico, Central American, and South America to central Argentina.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Falconiformes | | Family: | Accipitridae | | Genus: | Buteo | | Species: | nitidus | | Common Name: | Gray Hawk |
Relatives in same Genus
White-tailed Hawk (B. albicaudatus)
Short-tailed Hawk (B. brachyurus)
Red-tailed Hawk (B. jamaicensis)
Rough-legged Hawk (B. lagopus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (B. lineatus)
Ferruginous Hawk (B. regalis)
Swainson's Hawk (B. swainsoni)
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