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Buteo ventralis (Rufous-tailed Hawk)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rufous-tailed hawk (Buteo ventralis) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. The rufous-tailed hawk is found in southern Argentina and Chile, including the entire region of Tierra del Fuego. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and temperate grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Buteo ventralis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Buteo ventralis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.85984
EDGE Score: 2.46127
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.632 lbs (1.194 kg)
Female Weight [3]  2.513 lbs (1.14 kg)
Male Weight [3]  2.094 lbs (950 g)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  20 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [2]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [3]  30 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  39
Snout to Vent Length [1]  20 inches (50 cm)
Wing Span [3]  4.231 feet (1.29 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Magellanic subpolar forests Chile, Argentina Neotropic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Patagonian steppe Chile, Argentina Neotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Valdivian temperate forests Chile, Argentina Neotropic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bernardo O'Higgins National Park II 8712691 Chile      
Lago Puelo National Park II 47607 Chubut, Argentina
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine National Park II 542393 Magallanes, Chile  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Colaptes pitius (Chilean Flicker)[3]
Patagioenas araucana (Chilean Pigeon)[3]
Sturnella loyca (Long-tailed Meadowlark)[3]
Turdus falcklandii (Austral Thrush)[3]
Vanellus chilensis (Southern Lapwing)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Accipiter bicolor (Bicolored Hawk)1
Buteo albigula (White-throated Hawk)1
Buteo polyosoma (Variable Hawk)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0