Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Rupornis
eBird Code
roahaw

Vocalizations

Evan Centanni · CC0_1_0
Henrry · CC_BY_4_0
Jose Luis Navarro · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (12)

  • Rupornis magnirostris alius

    Pearl Islands (San José and San Miguel) in Gulf of Panama

  • Rupornis magnirostris conspectus

    southeastern Mexico (Tabasco and Yucatan Peninsula) to northern Belize

  • Rupornis magnirostris gracilis

    Isla Holbox and Cozumel (just off Yucatan Peninsula)

  • Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda

    Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica and western Panama

  • Rupornis magnirostris magniplumis

    southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina (Misiones) and adjacent Paraguay

  • Rupornis magnirostris magnirostris

    Colombia and western Ecuador to the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil east of the Rio Madeira

  • Rupornis magnirostris nattereri

    northeastern Brazil (south to Bahia)

  • Rupornis magnirostris occiduus

    eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River and west of the Rio Madeira

  • Rupornis magnirostris petulans

    southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama and adjacent islands

  • Rupornis magnirostris pucherani

    Uruguay and northeastern Argentina (south to Buenos Aires Province)

  • Rupornis magnirostris saturatus

    southwestern Brazil to Paraguay, Bolivia, and western Argentina

  • Rupornis magnirostris sinushonduri

    Bonacca and Roatán islands (Honduras)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.