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HawkRoughLegged Common Name:
Rough-Legged Hawk
 
 
Scientific Name: Buteo lagopus

 

Body Length & Habitat: 19 - 24 Inches / Open Fields & Plains

 

Comment: This species has distinctive black 'wrist' patches on the underwings. It also has a white tail with a broad black band at its tip.