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Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus ORDER: ACCIPITRIFORMES FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A handsome hawk of the arid Southwest, the Harris's Hawk hunts cooperatively in pairs or trios. The hawks surround their prey, flush it for another to catch, or take turns chasing it.

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Calls

  • Captive calls
    Recorded by Andrea L. Priori
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a prolonged, harsh "irrr."

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