Buteo lagopus ORDER: FALCONIFORMES FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© T.R. Swem
A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga regions around the northern hemisphere. Both dark and light forms are common, with many birds intermediate between the extremes.
Call a drawn-out, downward "kaaaar."