Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Order

FALCONIFORMES

Family

Kites, Eagles and Hawks (Accipitridae)

Code 4

STHA

Code 6

BUTBRA

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Dark brown, especially in Florida where "very dark brown” Lighter brown in juveniles. In contrast, approximately one-third of museum specimens from tropical locales record iris color as yellow, brownish yellow or yellowish brown.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Black
Throat Color: Black
Cere color: Yellow

BODY

Length Range: 38-43 cm (15-17 in)
Weight: 453 g (16 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: White, Brown
Underparts: Black
Upperparts: Black
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Nearly always airborne with flat wings and prolonged soaring.
Wingspan Range: 81-104 cm (32-41 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Banded
Upper Tail: White with black sub terminal band.
Under Tail: White with black sub terminal band.
Leg Color: Yellow

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