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Common Name

Ridgway's Hawk

Alternate Names

Common Type

Hawk

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Buteo

Species

ridgwayi

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Location Photographed

Ridgways Hawk Dominican Rep

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Forests

Distribution and Range

Endemic to Hispaniola primarily Dominican Rep

Food

Diet consists mainly of reptiles but also takes small birds and rodents.

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Field Notes:

Named after American ornithologist Robert Ridgway. Critically endangered because of clearance of its forest habitat and peersecution by local farmers.

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