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RMOT 101 Raptors part 2 - Buteo and Falconiformes


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Genus buteo characteristics
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• Larger than Accipiters – Heavier bodies • Large rounded wings • Short fan-shaped tails

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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
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
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