RMOT 101 Raptors part 2 - Buteo and Falconiformes
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| Genus buteo characteristics | • Larger than Accipiters – Heavier bodies • Large rounded wings • Short fan-shaped tails |
| Rough-legged hawk physical characteristics | • Dark belly markings • Tail with wide terminal band • Black wrist patches – Visible in flight • Legs feathered to toes • Light and dark phases |
| What is the status of rough-legged hawks? | Blue listed |
| Where do rough-legged hawks spend winter? | Southern BC |
| Ferruginous Hawk physical characteristics | • Light belly with few markings • Reddish leg feathers – Feathered to toes • In flight Red legs form a V |
| Ferruginous hawk preferred habitat and BC distribution | • Prefers open country – Eats ground squirrels • Uncommon in BC – Few summer in Okanagan |
| Red-tailed hawk characteristics | • Most widespread Buteo • Adult – Reddish-brown top of tail • 4 outer primaries – Emarginated: tapered towards the tip • Dark patagials – Leading edge of underwing • Light and dark phases |
| Swainson's hawk characteristics | • White belly, dark head • 3 outer primaries emarginated • Perched – Wingtips extend beyond end of tail • Light and dark phases |
| Swainson's hawk BC distribution and status | Summer in ThompsonOkanagan Red-listed |
| Broad-winged hawk characteristics | • Smallest Buteo – Crow size • Broad white tail band • 3 outer primaries emarginated • Perched – Wingtips don’t extend beyond end of tail |
| Broad-winged hawk BC distribution and status | Rare in BC – Mainly Peace region Blue-listed |
| Falconidae characteristics | • Long, pointed wings – Similar length as tail when perched • “Tomial Tooth” – Protrusion on upper mandible used to break neck of prey • Use stealth to catch prey |
| American Kestral characteristics | • Smallest falcon • Double malar stripe • Sexually dimorphic – Male: rufous back, bluegray wings – Female: rufous wings and back • Bobs tails when perched |
| American kestral BC distribution and feeding | • Common in BC – Especially interior • Hunts in open country – Often hovers – Prey: birds, insects, mice |
| Marlin charcteristics | • Small dark falcon – Adult: blueish – Juvenile: brown, barred belly • Faint malar stripe • Narrow buffy eyebrow • White barring on tail |
| Peregrine falcon characteristics | • Broad dark malar stripe • Fastest birds – 300 km/hr in stoop – Use force of impact to stun or kill prey in mid-air |
| What is the status of the 2 subspecies of peregrine falcon? | – Coastal: blue-listed – Continental: red-listed |
| Prairie falcon characteristics | • Same size as peregrine • Narrow brown malar stripe |
| Prairie falcon status | Red-listed |
| Gyrfalcon characteristics | • Largest falcon • Three colour phases – White, gray and dark. Gray most common in BC • Faint malar stripe |
| Gyrafalcon BC distribution and status | — Breeds in northwest BC. Winters in south BC — Blue-listed |