Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
- tidak umum
- 45 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The most common raptor in Latin America, perches on wires and fence posts watching for grasshoppers.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified (population size and precise trend are not published in a countable figure); widely described as one of the most common and abundant raptors across its Neotropical range
- Habitat
- Forest edges, secondary growth, open woodland, savanna with gallery forest, and pasture/agricultural land, from lowlands up to ~2,500 m; avoids dense primary rainforest and is well-adapted to human-altered and urban landscapes
- Fakta menarik
- Despite being a bird of prey, the Roadside Hawk is famously bold and un-shy of people, becoming aggressive and even attacking humans who wander too close to its nest.
- Sebaran
- Neotropics from Mexico through Central America to South America east of the Andes, south to Uruguay and northern Argentina; rare vagrant to southern Texas
- Makanan
- Mainly large insects (e.g., grasshoppers) and small vertebrates such as lizards, snakes, frogs, small mammals and birds, occasionally carrion; hunts by still-hunting/perch-hunting from an exposed perch
- Ukuran
- 0,37 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,74 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
