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Rough-legged Hawk -
(Buteo lagopus)  Audio
Identification
- Large raptor, about size of Red-tailed Hawk
- Light tail with broad dark band near end
- Underside of wings has dark splotch
at "wrist" - Legs feathered
- Two color morphs, both have dark
coloring above - Light morph generally light below with
dark wing blotches, dark belly band - Dark morph forepart of wings dark,
trailing edge light, belly dark
Habitat
Additional Information
- Fairly common migrant and winter resident
- Breeds far north, in the Arctic
- Sometimes hovers when hunting
- Often perches higher, on smaller branches,
than the Red-tailed Hawk
Comparable Species - Red-tailed Hawk
- Broad-winged Hawk
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