🦅Harris's Hawk
De woestijnbuizerd of Harris' buizerd (Parabuteo unicinctus) is een roofvogel behorend tot de familie Acciptridae uit het geslacht Parabuteo. De vogel werd in 1824 door de Nederlandse dierkundige Coenraad Jacob Temminck, directeur van het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden, geldig beschreven als Falco unicinctus. Deze roofvogel komt voor in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten en zuidelijker in Midden-Amerika en in grote delen van Zuid-Amerika.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 0.85 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Harris's Hawk
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.85 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female998 kgWikidataQ742698
- Male690 kgWikidataQ742698
Figures vary
- 0.99 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.22 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.32 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.03 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation34 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatShrublandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Harris's Hawk yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusParabuteo
- ›speciesParabuteo unicinctus
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusParabuteo
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusParabuteo
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